IP Library Granted Patent US 12706226
Granted Patent B2
US 12706226 · App. 18/718,618 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Method for removing dousing tank of heavy water reactor structure

Inventors: Seok Ju Hwang (Daejeon, KR); Young Hwan Hwang (Daejeon, KR); Si Young Kim (Daejeon, KR); Cheon Woo Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD
G21C21/00B28D1/22G21C15/18B23P6/04G21C19/207
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12706226
App. No.
18/718,618
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a method of dismantling a dousing tank of a heavy water reactor structure. The method of dismantling a dousing tank of a heavy water reactor structure includes: selecting a dousing tank of a heavy water reactor structure for dismantlement; dismantling a 1st structure inside the dousing tank; fixing the dousing tank to a dome structure portion provided above the dousing tank through a mounting port; positioning a cutting unit on a 2nd structure including a concrete structure inside the dousing tank; and performing, by the cutting unit, cutting based on a forward or reverse rotation manner on an inner peripheral surface of the dousing tank.

Claims (11)

1 . A method comprising:

selecting a dousing tank of a heavy water reactor structure for dismantlement;

dismantling a first structure inside the dousing tank;

fixing the dousing tank to a dome structure portion provided above the dousing tank through a mounting port;

cutting an inner surface of the dousing tank to separate the dousing tank into an upper body of the dousing tank and a lower body of the dousing tank; and

moving the upper body into the lower body.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

recovering cut material.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the recovering includes

guiding a first portion of the cut material to a first area within the lower body of the dousing tank, and

guiding a second portion of the cut material to a second area within the lower body of the dousing tank, the first area and the second area spaced apart.