Secondary shutdown structure of nuclear reactor by using sliding doors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11488732-B2
Application number	US-201815933758-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2018
Priority date	Mar 23, 2017
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

Provided is a secondary shutdown structure of a nuclear reactor, which uses sliding doors, and more particularly, to a secondary shutdown structure of a nuclear reactor, which uses sliding doors and is capable of shutting down a nuclear reactor reliably with a simple structure without using a boric acid solution.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A secondary shutdown structure of a nuclear reactor, the secondary shutdown structure using a sliding door and comprising:
a nuclear reactor vessel comprising an upper nuclear reactor vessel and a lower nuclear reactor vessel that are coupled to each other;
a plurality of guide pipes arranged to be spaced apart from one another among a plurality of nuclear fuel assemblies in the lower nuclear reactor vessel;
a plurality of storage containers arranged in the upper nuclear reactor vessel to respectively correspond to locations of the plurality of guide pipes, wherein each of the plurality of storage containers has a neutron absorber contained therein and has an outlet opening towards each of the plurality of guide pipes;
the sliding door provided between the plurality of storage containers and the plurality of guide pipes, the sliding door sliding between an opening location and a closing location and the sliding door having a plurality of through holes communicating with the outlets of the plurality of storage containers at the opening location; and
a driver configured to move the sliding door in a horizontal direction, the driver comprises:
a body having an accommodation space extending in a direction therein, the body having a coil wound there around and the body opening towards the sliding door;
a fixed magnet fixedly installed in the accommodation space of the body;
a movable magnet sliding within the accommodation space of the body, the movable magnet moving towards the fixed magnet by a magnetic force between the fixed magnet and the movable magnet when an electric current is applied to the coil; and
a connector configured to connect the movable magnet to the sliding door,

wherein the sliding door slides along with the movable magnet by the connector,
wherein, when the sliding door is at the opening location, the plurality of through holes are aligned with the outlets of the plurality of storage containers and the neutron absorber in each of the plurality of storage containers passes through the through hole to move into each guide pipe, and
when the sliding door is at the closing location, the outlet of each storage container is closed and the neutron absorber stays in the storage container.

2. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 1 , wherein the driver is at a side surface of the nuclear reactor vessel.

3. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 1 , wherein, when the sliding door is at the opening location, the neutron absorber in the storage container falls down due to a weight of the neutron absorber itself to enter the guide pipe.

4. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 1 , wherein a first spring is provided between the fixed magnet and the movable magnet, the first spring elastically biasing the movable magnet away from the fixed magnet to maintain the sliding door at the closing location.

5. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 1 , wherein a door supporter is arranged to be spaced apart from the sliding door, and a second spring is provided between the door supporter and an end of the sliding door to elastically bias the sliding door towards the closing location.

6. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 1 , wherein a third spring is provided in the storage container to push and drop the neutron absorber downwards.

7. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 1 , wherein the sliding door is configured to drop the neutron absorbers contained respectively in the plurality of storage containers simultaneously towards the lower nuclear reactor vessel.

8. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 1 , wherein the nuclear reactor vessel is provided with a plurality of sliding doors therein, each of the plurality of sliding doors being connected to one driver.

9. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 1 , wherein the body protrudes outwardly from a middle of the nuclear reactor vessel, and communicates with an internal space of the nuclear reactor vessel.

10. The secondary shutdown structure of claim 9 , wherein the movable magnet is closer to the sliding door than the fixed magnet in the accommodation space.

Assignees

• Kepco Eng & Constr Co Inc

Inventors

• Park Jin Seok
• Lee Myoung Goo
• Cho Yeon Ho
• Kim Hyunmin
• Maeng Cheol Soo
• Kim Hyeong Heon
• Lee Byung Jin
• Chung Chang Kyu

Classifications

• G21C7/22

  by displacement of a fluid or fluent neutron-absorbing material {, e.g. by adding neutron-absorbing material to the coolant} · CPC title

• G21C9/027 Primary

  by fast movement of a solid, e.g. pebbles · CPC title

• H01F7/08

  with armatures · CPC title

• Y02E30/30

  Nuclear fission reactors · CPC title

• G21C9/02 Primary

  Means for effecting very rapid reduction of the reactivity factor under fault conditions, e.g. reactor fuse; {Control elements having arrangements activated in an emergency}(control elements per se G21C7/00) · CPC title