Emergency Core Cooling System under loss-of-coolant accidents, including a sump protection device (SPD) in the emergency cooling system of a VVER, and the filter module and filter element of the sump protection device, which is to protect sumps from accumulation of debris in case of a loss-of-coolant accident.

Disclosed is a VVER emergency cooling system sump protection device, comprising a system of filters installed at the intake opening of the upper part of the sump located in the reactor containment bottom and connected to the intake of emergency cooling system pipeline. It consists of header-connected filter modules preventing debris from entering the intake of emergency cooling system pipelines; each filter module has slotted grates on sides and on top, and filter elements arranged inside are designed as laterally slotted filtration pipes and perforated distribution tubes (inside the pipes) the inner cavities of which are connected to headers.

An active strainer contains a housing with a cover, a base and side surfaces made in the form of filtering elements, pipes with channels fixed at one end at the central vertical axis of the strainer and configured to supply purified fluid from the central part of the strainer to the filtering elements from the other end of the pipe through channels, wherein the strainer housing is made of two parts, an upper and a lower one, each part is equipped with at least one filtering element, the turbine is installed between the upper and lower part and configured to rotate during the fluid flow passage through it, the turbine shaft is connected with the pipes, which are capable of sampling the purified fluid from the strainer housing during rotation of the turbine.

An active strainer contains a housing with a cover, a base and side surfaces made in the form of filtering elements, pipes with channels fixed at one end at the central vertical axis of the strainer and configured to supply purified fluid from the central part of the strainer to the filtering elements from the other end of the pipe through channels, wherein the strainer housing is made of two parts, an upper and a lower one, each part is equipped with at least one filtering element, the turbine is installed between the upper and lower part and configured to rotate during the fluid flow passage through it, the turbine shaft is connected with the pipes, which are capable of sampling the purified fluid from the strainer housing during rotation of the turbine.

A modular water purification system for a nuclear power plant includes a plurality of modules that may be selectively connected together directly or through the use of intermediary adapters in a plurality of arrangements. The modules may include a pump module, a FOSAR module, a particulate filtration module, a cross-flow filtration module, a degasification module, and/or a demineralization module, among other possible modules. The modules may have common interfaces so that they can be interconnected (directly or through intermediary adapters) in a variety of configurations for different purposes within the context of the nuclear power plant (e.g., filtering pool water; collecting large objects via vacuuming). Various modules may have form factors and/or mounting structures that are similar enough to the fuel assemblies of the plant that (1) the plant's fuel assembly handling equipment can grab, move, and reposition the modules, and/or (2) the modules may be stored in the fuel pool's storage rack.

A modular water purification system for a nuclear power plant includes a plurality of modules that may be selectively connected together directly or through the use of intermediary adapters in a plurality of arrangements. The modules may include a pump module, a FOSAR module, a particulate filtration module, a cross-flow filtration module, a degasification module, and/or a demineralization module, among other possible modules. The modules may have common interfaces so that they can be interconnected (directly or through intermediary adapters) in a variety of configurations for different purposes within the context of the nuclear power plant (e.g., filtering pool water; collecting large objects via vacuuming). Various modules may have form factors and/or mounting structures that are similar enough to the fuel assemblies of the plant that (1) the plant's fuel assembly handling equipment can grab, move, and reposition the modules, and/or (2) the modules may be stored in the fuel pool's storage rack.

A nuclear power plant comprises a system for degasification of a gaseous liquid, the system comprising a separation vessel having at least one outer wall delimiting an inner volume and configured for separating gas from the gaseous liquid, at least one inlet adapted to introduce the gaseous liquid into the inner volume, at least one gas suction line attached to the separation vessel and being adapted to discharge the separated gas from the inner volume, at least one outlet adapted to discharge a degassed liquid from the inner volume, and a sonotrode cluster configured to expose the gaseous liquid to ultrasonic waves.

A nuclear power plant comprises a system for degasification of a gaseous liquid, the system comprising a separation vessel having at least one outer wall delimiting an inner volume and configured for separating gas from the gaseous liquid, at least one inlet adapted to introduce the gaseous liquid into the inner volume, at least one gas suction line attached to the separation vessel and being adapted to discharge the separated gas from the inner volume, at least one outlet adapted to discharge a degassed liquid from the inner volume, and a sonotrode cluster configured to expose the gaseous liquid to ultrasonic waves.

Debris filters fit in fuel assembly lower tie plates and filter fluids passing therethrough. Filters use a series of adjacent plates with aligned peaks and valleys to create several channels. The plates have small excisions in diamond, triangle, or other debris-catching shapes, such as near a lower portion of the filter where fluid enters the filter. Excisions may alternate around each channel, such as four alternating cut-outs in 90-degree intervals about a channel circumference. Excisions may be sized to entrap smaller debris common in reactor coolant flow and liable for fretting damage to fuel cladding. Multiple vertical stages can be used in filters, with different channels for each stage. Ligaments may hold each stage to the next, potentially with a gap between stages for intermixing. Plates, peaks, valleys, ligaments, and excisions may all be formed in a single stamping operation to eliminate excess or overlapping pieces or extensions.

Debris filters fit in fuel assembly lower tie plates and filter fluids passing therethrough. Filters use a series of adjacent plates with aligned peaks and valleys to create several channels. The plates have small excisions in diamond, triangle, or other debris-catching shapes, such as near a lower portion of the filter where fluid enters the filter. Excisions may alternate around each channel, such as four alternating cut-outs in 90-degree intervals about a channel circumference. Excisions may be sized to entrap smaller debris common in reactor coolant flow and liable for fretting damage to fuel cladding. Multiple vertical stages can be used in filters, with different channels for each stage. Ligaments may hold each stage to the next, potentially with a gap between stages for intermixing. Plates, peaks, valleys, ligaments, and excisions may all be formed in a single stamping operation to eliminate excess or overlapping pieces or extensions.

Combined cleanup and heat sink systems work with nuclear reactor coolant loops. Combined systems may join hotter and colder sections of the coolant loops in parallel with any steam generator or other extractor and provide optional heat removal between the same. Combined systems also remove impurities or debris from a fluid coolant without significant heat loss from the coolant. A cooler in the combined system may increase in capacity or be augmented in number to move between purifying cooling and major heat removal from the coolant, potentially as an emergency cooler. The cooler may be joined to the hotter and colder sections through valved flow paths depending on desired functionality. Sections of the coolant loops may be fully above the cooler, which may be above the reactor, to drive flow by gravity and enhance isolation of sections of the coolant loop.