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by cnvogel
5579 days ago
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There's no containment dome. http://i.imgur.com/CckjP.jpg (X) The reactor is the red cylinder in the middle, the containment is the pear-shaped cavity it sits in, closed on top with the yellow hood and connected to that torus in the lowest-level which in case of an accident is supposed to condense the steam back into water, thereby removing heat from the containment. The part that's exploded is the flimsy metal "hut" on top of the concrete building. (X) from another HN comment I can no longer find, sorry, no attribution for who posted it initially |
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NRC: "Reactor Concepts Manual | Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Systems"
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/teachers/03.pdf
Here's one with labels:
http://i.imgur.com/Oj4kg.png
Magdi Ragheb, "Containment Structures"
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mragheb/www/NPRE%20457%20CSE%20462...