US 12,243,661 B2
Valve assembly with isolation valve vessel
John D. Malloy, III, Goode, VA (US); and Michael J. Edwards, Forest, VA (US)
Assigned to BWXT mPower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by BWXT mPower, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/332,030.
Application 17/332,030 is a division of application No. 15/663,376, filed on Jul. 28, 2017, granted, now 11,043,310.
Application 15/663,376 is a division of application No. 13/864,377, filed on Apr. 17, 2013, granted, now 9,721,685, issued on Aug. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/625,326, filed on Apr. 17, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0287815 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G21C 9/00 (2006.01); G21C 13/036 (2006.01); G21C 13/10 (2006.01); G21C 19/04 (2006.01); F16K 17/00 (2006.01); G21C 19/30 (2006.01)
CPC G21C 19/04 (2013.01) [G21C 9/00 (2013.01); G21C 13/036 (2013.01); G21C 13/10 (2013.01); F16K 17/003 (2013.01); G21C 19/30 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an isolation valve assembly for use in conjunction with a nuclear reactor, the isolation valve assembly including:
an isolation valve vessel;
a mounting flange sealing with the isolation valve vessel to define a sealed volume;
a fluid flow line in fluid communication with the mounting flange to flow fluid through the mounting flange, the fluid flow line having a U-shaped portion inside the isolation valve vessel, the U-shaped portion having a first leg and a second leg alongside each other; and
a valve disposed in the isolation valve vessel inside the sealed volume and fluidly connected along the first leg of the U-shaped portion of the fluid flow line.