WESLEY L HOWARTH
Engineers in Bridgeville, PA
License number
Pennsylvania PE036216E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
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Address
Bridgeville, PA 15017
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Apparatus For Insulating Hot Sodium In Pool-Type Nuclear Reactors
US Patent:
4302296, Nov 24, 1981
Filed:
Sep 28, 1978
Appl. No.:
5/946638
Inventors:
John E. Sharbaugh - Bullskin Township, Fayette County PA
Wesley L. Howarth - Bridgeville PA
Wesley L. Howarth - Bridgeville PA
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
G21C 900
US Classification:
376290
Abstract:
Apparatus for insulating hot sodium in a reactor vessel in a pool-type nuclear reactor. The apparatus includes a flow isolated plenum in the reactor vessel for holding a stagnant quantity of sodium. The flow isolated plenum is located between a second plenum for holding hot sodium and the structural load bearing members of the reactor. The flow isolated plenum forms a thermally insulating field barrier between the hot sodium and the structural members.