Article | REF: B3290 V1

Containment. Enclosures

Author: Jean‐Louis COSTAZ

Publication date: April 10, 1997

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Please refer to the bibliographic reference [2] .

2.1 Single-walled enclosure for the standard 900 MWe project (PWR 900)

The containment system for the REP 900 project consists mainly of a prestressed concrete cylindrical building 37 m in diameter and 59 m high. The cylindrical skirt has a wall thickness of 0.90 m, while the dome is 0.80 m thick. The 3.50 m-thick invert is made of reinforced concrete (figure 2 ).

This building contains the internal reinforced concrete structures that support the main equipment, such as the reactor, steam...

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