Patent · US Expired

Insertion canister for radioactive material transportation and/or storage containers

US4476394A · kind A · utility

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3References

12Claims

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Assignee

Transnuklear GmbH · DE

Inventors

Erhard Müller · Stuttgart, DE
Richard Christ · Bocholt, DE
Hartmut Kroll · Hanau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 1981
Grant date	Oct 9, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 27, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG21F5/005
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Known containers for the transportation and/or storage of irradiated fuel elements have insertion canisters made of steel or massive bodies of non-ferrous metals. These have a high weight and possess no neutron shielding effect. These disadvantages are avoided by making an insertion canister consisting of graphite.

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