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Fig. 2.6. Perspective of Proposed ART Installation in Addition to Present ARE Building Showing
Double-Walled Tank.
vessel submerged in water, while the heat dump temperature of the inner tank should not exceed
equipment is located outside, but nearby. A
double-walled tank from 20 to 30 ft in diameter and
the water temperature by more than 40°F, even if
the bottom of the inner tank were covered with
the event of something so
serious as a meltdown, it seems likely that a part
, of the water shield surrounding the reactor presruptured
and that water would
e bottom of the tank with the
Id remove heat from the fuel,
ondense on the tan'k wal Is
atmosphere within the tank. would
get hotter than around 300OF.
anges shown in Fig. 2.6 near the tops
e placed about 3 ft above floor
r installation and preliminary
uld be carried out with the
Btu/hr.ft2) and since the thermal conductivity of tops of the tanks removed. Since the reactor shield
the fluoride fuel is relatively low, the water-side would be quite effective, the space inside the
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