Published April 10, 1984 | Version v1
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Spent fuel consolidation system

Creators

Description

The spent fuel consolidation system provides method and apparatus for remotely vertically and horizontally compacting an array of spent fuel rods while the fuel rods remain submerged in a coolant. The invention comprises a row ordering section for rearranging the configuration of the fuel rods, horizontal consolidation section for horizontally compacting several rows of fuel rods, and a vertical consolidation section for vertically compacting several rows of horizontally compacted fuel rods. The system is capable of compacting the fuel rods from a given fuel assembly to about one half of the volume originally occupied by such fuel rods in the fuel assembly thereby providing greater storage capacity for a given volume of spent fuel storage

Availability note (English)

U.S. Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D.C. 20231, USA, $.50.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
v p.
IPC:
Int. Cl. B23P 19/00.
IPC
Int. Cl. B23P 19/00.
Patent number
US patent document 4,441,242/A/

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16045996
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
CONFIGURATION; COOLANTS; FUEL RODS; FUEL STORAGE POOLS; REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SPECIFICATIONS; SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS; SPENT FUEL STORAGE
Descriptors DEC
EQUIPMENT; FUEL ELEMENTS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; REACTOR COMPONENTS; STORAGE

Optional Information

Notes
PAT-APPL-268311.