Storage device for nuclear fuel assemblies
US12394532B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2042 |
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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 transporting and/or storing nuclear fuel assemblies. The device includes a plurality of transverse structures separated by spacers. Sleeves pass through openings of at least one of the transverse structures. Each sleeve is made from flat structures and forms a housing that can receive a fuel assembly. At least one of these sleeves has an inner recess-delimiting surface formed in part by an inner surface of a first flat structure made with boron and an inner surface of a second flat structure made without boron.
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