Published February 21, 1986
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Patent
Spent fuel storage cask having continuous grid basket assembly
Description
A spent fuel storage cask for long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel following short-term storage in a pool of water. The cask includes a grid basket assembly, resembling a matrix of pigeonholes, for accommodating cells which in turn accommodate spent fuel assemblies. The grid basket assembly is formed by metal plates which transmit heat to channel sections affixed to the interior, walls of the cask. The edges of the plates movably fit into the channel sections in order to permit radial movement of the grid basket assembly with respect to the walls of the cask as temperature changes
Availability note (English)
Available from the Patents Office, Private Bag X400, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 42 p.
- IPC:
- Int. Cl. G 21 F.
- IPC
- Int. Cl. G 21 F.
- Patent number
- ZA patent document 85/6435/A/
INIS
- Country of Publication
- South Africa
- Country of Input or Organization
- South Africa
- INIS RN
- 17055190
- Subject category
- S42: ENGINEERING;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- CASKS; FUEL ASSEMBLIES; GRIDS; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS
- Descriptors DEC
- CONTAINERS; ELECTRODES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FUELS; REACTOR MATERIALS; STORAGE
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- US priority 646,722.