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Structure assemblable and disassemblable on a racking site for the storage of nuclear reactor fuel elements

US4710342A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 1985
Grant dateDec 1, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An assemblable and disassemblable racking structure for the storage of radioactive fuel elements, comprising the juxtapositioning of vertical, parallelepipedic racks, at least two meshed networks of horizontal bars, one fixed to a base plate and the other assembled with the upper part of the racks, horizontal strips fixed to at least two sides of the rack level with each network and cooperating with the bars of each network in order to fix the racks, the assembly of the bars of the networks to one another and the bars of the lower network to the base plate being brought about by dismantlable fixing means. The invention also relats to the process for assembling the structure.

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