Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for decommissioning heavy water reactor facility
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Application No.: US17259691Application Date: 2019-07-03
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Publication No.: US11984233B2Publication Date: 2024-05-14
- Inventor: Seok-Ju Hwang , Young Hwan Hwang , Hang-Rae Cho , Cheon-Woo Kim
- Applicant: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeongju-si
- Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeongju-si
- Agency: LEX IP MEISTER, PLLC
- Priority: KR 20180081781 2018.07.13
- International Application: PCT/KR2019/008158 2019.07.03
- International Announcement: WO2020/013518A 2020.01.16
- Date entered country: 2021-01-12
- Main IPC: G21D1/00
- IPC: G21D1/00 ; G21F9/00

Abstract:
A method for decommissioning a heavy water reactor facility includes: removing the plurality of guide tubes from a plurality of through-holes; installing a plurality of shielding stoppers in the plurality of through-holes; removing the shielding stopper installed in one through-hole of the plurality of through-holes, and inserting a cutting device into a lower portion of the reactivity mechanism deck through the one through-hole to cut a connection portion between the reactivity mechanism deck and the calandria vault by using the cutting device; and separating the reactivity mechanism deck from the calandria vault.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210319923A1 METHOD FOR DECOMMISSIONING HEAVY WATER REACTOR FACILITY Public/Granted day:2021-10-14
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