NUCLEAR FUEL COOLING POND Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: construction of nuclear power plants. SUBSTANCE: cooling pond has sections installed on pond bottom in a spaced relation to each other and filled with concrete compound; sections are made in the form of rectangular tanks in which two adjacent side walls have spring-loaded seats arranged in horizontal tiers and two other walls have overhanging hooks mounted for engaging spring-loaded seats of adjacent tanks; each spring- loaded seat is made in the form of tetragonal prism with diamond- shaped base secured on side walls on edge formed by sides of obtuse angle; gripping part of hook is made of two crosswise joined strips. EFFECT: simplified production and installation of structures, reduced construction time. 9 dwg