Anchorage of a lining in a cast iron reactor pressure vessel

Claim 1

In combination with a reactor pressure vessel of a nuclear power station having pressure-tight lining composed of individual cylindrical segments: a substantially cylindrical outer cast iron pressure container coaxially surrounding said lining in radially spaced relationship thereto, and composed of individual cast iron segments parallel to the longitudinal axis of said lining, each of said last mentioned segments having a recess, communicating with the space between said lining and said pressure container, a plurality of anchors of a T-shaped cross section respectively arranged in said recesses so that the stem and the transverse bar of said T-shaped cross section are spaced from the walls of the respective recess and the stem of said T-shaped cross section engages the respective adjacent cylindrical segment of said lining and is connected thereto, said anchors being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said lining, and filler material filling the space between said lining and said container and completely surrounding said T-shaped anchors to fill the spaces in said recesses.