IP Library Granted Patent US 8,712,002
Granted Patent B2
US 8,712,002 · App. 12/652,976 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Nuclear reactor building and construction method thereof

Inventors: Shigeki Yokoyama (Yokohama, JP); Makoto Ukai (Yokohama, JP); Munetaka Takahashi (Yokohama, JP); Hideo Hirai (Yokohama, JP); Takuya Miyagawa (Nakano-Ku, JP); Masashi Tanabe (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
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Patent No.
US 8,712,002
App. No.
12/652,976
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a nuclear reactor building of a steel plate concrete structure that houses a pressure containment vessel formed with a plurality of penetration ports penetrating the pressure containment vessel on the periphery thereof and includes a biological shielding wall disposed outside the pressure containment vessel. The pressure containment vessel is vertically divided into a plurality of blocks so that each of the blocks has one or more pressure containment vessel penetration ports arranged on a same horizontal plane, and the reactor building including the biological shielding wall is divided into a plurality of modules by the horizontal plane.

Claims (5)

1. A nuclear reactor building comprising:

a pressure containment vessel formed with a plurality of pressure containment vessel penetration ports in the periphery thereof, wherein the pressure containment vessel is vertically divided into a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks has one or more pressure containment vessel penetration ports, wherein for each one of the blocks, all of the one or more containment vessel penetration ports of the respective one of the blocks are arranged on a same horizontal plane; and

a biological shielding wall disposed outside the pressure containment vessel, wherein the biological shielding wall is divided into a plurality of modules by plural horizontal planes, and at least a portion of the biological shielding wall comprises a steel plate reinforced concrete.

2. The nuclear reactor building according to claim 1 , wherein the modules are further divided by a vertical plane.

3. The nuclear reactor building according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the modules of the biological shielding wall is integrated with a building module of the nuclear reactor building.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2010
From: YOKOYAMA, SHIGEKI; UKAI, MAKOTO; TAKAHASHI, MUNETAKA; HIRAI, HIDEO; MIYAGAWA, TAKUYA; TANABE, MASASHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-002588 · Jan 8, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100177859A1 · Jul 15, 2010