Patent · US Expired

Shielding container for the transportation and/or for storage of spent fuel elements

US4339411A · kind A · utility

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24Claims

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Assignee

Degussa Transnuklear GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Gunther Knackstedt · Langenselbold, DE
Reiner Laug · Hanau, DE
Erhard Müller · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 14, 1980
Grant date	Jul 13, 1982
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 14, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21F5/10
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Shielding containers are needed for the transportation and or storage of spent fuel elements from nuclear reactors, which containers permit ready adjustment to the transportation conditions in regard to shielding and are easy to clean and repair. This is attained by using a cooling finned jacekt as neutron shield which is constructed of several removable segments, which in each case consist of two concentric, metallic cylindrical wall sections joined together through heat conducting bars.

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