Patent · US Expired

Cover construction for shielding containers for the storage and transporation of irradiated fuel elements

US4302680A · kind A · utility

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2Claims

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Assignee

Transnuklear GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Ahner · Rodenbach, DE
Hans-Gunther Knackstedt · Langenselbold, DE
Peter Strostlik · Bruchköbel, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 1979
Grant date	Nov 24, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21F5/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a cover construction for a shielding container for the transportation and storage of fuel elements essentially consisting of an inner shielding cover and an outer transportation cover flanged on the cover, the inner shielding cover consisting of a fixed cover portion and a moveable cover portion provided at the rim of the cover with claws, whereby the claws are fitted into corresponding openings of the top of the container and the connection between the fixed cover portion and the moveable cover portion takes place through a screw carried into the moveable portion and a pin fitting into the fixed portion.

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