Published September 28, 1995 | Version v1
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Storage rack for nuclear fuel assemblies, essentially including a single contiguous tube bundle

Creators

Description

A nuclear fuel assembly storage rack consisting of a plurality of adjacent elongated parallel cells for receiving the assemblies, the walls of said cells being made of a material containing a neutron-absorbing element, characterised in that it essentially consists of a plurality of identical elongated parallel straight tubes arranged side by side in mutual contact in the lengthwise direction to form a compact bundle which is held together by one or more hoops along the length of said bundle. (author) figs

Availability note (English)

Available from WIPO, 34, chemin des Colombettes, CH-1211 Geneva (CH).

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
15 p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. G21F 5/012; G21C 19/07.
IPC
Int. Cl. G21F 5/012; G21C 19/07.
Patent number
WO patent document 9526030/A1/

INIS

Country of Publication
Switzerland
Country of Input or Organization
Switzerland
INIS RN
27007553
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; FUEL RACKS; NEUTRONS; STORAGE; TUBES
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; NUCLEONS; SORPTION; SUPPORTS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
FR patent application 9400312.