Patent · US Expired

Fuel assembly shipping cask

US4268755A · kind A · utility

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5References

8Claims

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Assignee

Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Robert Weber · Uttenreuth, DE
Stefan Ring · Erlangen, DE
Ulf Heeschen · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 9, 1979
Grant date	May 19, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 9, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21F5/08
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In combination, a fuel assembly transfer cask having lifting devices and a shock-absorbing piston member associated with the underside of the transfer cask, the piston member including two mutually spaced-apart metal plates, a multiplicity of hollow metal bodies stacked on top of one another therebetween and fastening elements for fastening the piston member to the lifting devices.

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