device for elimination of pressure and containment for a nuclear steam plant consolidated, particularly useful in applications of marine propulsion

摘要

An improved containment for radiation shielding and pressure suppression is presented. The arrangement, which is particularly suited for marine propulsion application, includes, in a preferred embodiment, a double wall containment shell including water as a biological shield, a divided wet well arrangement and means for precluding discontinuity of the radiation shielding effect due to shifting of the liquid in the wet well at various ship attitudes.