Transitory storage for highly-radioactive wastes

US4634875A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kernforschungsanlage Lulich Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung · DE

Inventors

• Kurt Kugeler · Jülich, DE
• Ulrich Jaroni · Aachen, DE
• Wieland Kelm · Herzogenrath, DE
• Peter W. Phlippen · Aachen, DE
• Peter Schmidtlein · Duisburg, DE
• Manfred Kugeler · Jülich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 1984
• Grant date: Jan 6, 1987
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G21F9/22
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A transitory or temporary storage for highly radioactive waste, in which the transitory storage incorporates containers for the receipt of the waste, and a cooling system for the discharge of the heat which is produced during the storage of the waste. The cooling system incorporates a cooling air duct, as well as a coolant circuit for a coolant which is conveyed in a closed circuit between coolant conduits which conduct off heat generated in the storage space and a heat sink arranged externally of the storage space.