Storage device having nuclear fuel assembly receiving housings that are formed using a first notched flat bar with boron and a second notched flat bar without boron
US12119127B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A storage device for storing and/or transporting nuclear fuel assemblies. The storage device includes a number N of adjacent recesses. Some of the recesses created by means of notched, intersecting and stacked plates. In at least one transverse plane, at least one of the adjacent recesses has an inner surface which defines the recess. The adjacent recess being formed in part by a first surface of a first notched plate made with boron and a first surface of a second notched plate made without boron.
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