EP0087350B1 - Dispositif de protection neutronique pour produit radio-actif - Google Patents

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EP0087350B1
EP0087350B1 EP83400285A EP83400285A EP0087350B1 EP 0087350 B1 EP0087350 B1 EP 0087350B1 EP 83400285 A EP83400285 A EP 83400285A EP 83400285 A EP83400285 A EP 83400285A EP 0087350 B1 EP0087350 B1 EP 0087350B1
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Fernand Solignat
Gabriel Merle
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Areva NP SAS
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Framatome SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F5/00—Transportable or portable shielded containers
    • G21F5/005—Containers for solid radioactive wastes, e.g. for ultimate disposal
    • G21F5/008—Containers for fuel elements

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  • the present invention relates to a neutron protection device for a radioactive product, such as a nuclear fuel, allowing good evacuation of the heat produced by this product.
  • the invention applies in particular to containers for radioactive products.
  • Radioactive products such as nuclear fuels
  • Such containers generally consist of a tight cylindrical envelope of great thickness.
  • Such an enclosure must be designed to mechanically resist accidental shocks, to constitute at the same time a protective screen against radioactive radiation, and finally to allow the evacuation of the heat produced by the radioactive material.
  • the envelope is generally not sufficient, and provision is often made to surround this envelope with a relatively thick layer made of a material absorbing the neutrons, such as a special resin.
  • the evacuation of the heat produced permanently by the radioactive material enclosed in the container there is generally provided a multitude of fins or plates distributed all around the cylindrical envelope and intended to evacuate in the ambient air calories by natural convection.
  • the material intended to absorb neutrons is generally a poor thermal conductor, and since it is generally interposed between the cylindrical envelope and the cooling fins, the evacuation of the heat is relatively poor.
  • the operation consisting in applying a large thickness of resin around the cylindrical envelope is an operation which is difficult to carry out, which can cause detachments due to shrinkage during its drying.
  • a container thus produced also has the serious drawback that the resin is exposed to accelerated aging as well as to accidental impacts which can cause cracks.
  • Patent FR-A-2,179,672 describes a neutron protection device covering the external wall of the envelope of a container enclosing a radioactive product, this device comprising a neutron absorbing material, disposed around the envelope of the container and a plurality of identical elements each having the general shape of a strip of curved sheet metal, of constant profile over its entire length, these identical elements being regularly arranged all around the envelope. These elements provide, all around the envelope, juxtaposed cavities in which the neutron absorbing material is enclosed. However, for each cavity, only two of the four walls parallel to the axis of the device are formed by said elements, the other two walls being formed on the one hand by said envelope and on the other hand by an outer shell.
  • the present invention overcomes these drawbacks.
  • the present invention relates to a neutron protection device covering the external wall of the envelope of a container enclosing a radioactive product, this device essentially comprising a neutron absorbing material, disposed around the envelope of the container and a plurality of elements.
  • identical qi have the general shape of a single sheet metal strip extending along its largest dimension along the generatrices of the container shell and whose cross section has a constant curved profile over its entire length, said identical elements being regularly arranged all around and in radial directions relative to the axis of symmetry of the container shell and having one of their edges taken along the largest dimension of the sheet metal strips directly connected to the envelope.
  • each element is connected to the next element and the elements are connected to the envelope so as to provide, all around the envelope, closed, juxtaposed cavities, including three of the four walls parallel to the axis of the device are constituted by two elements and the fourth of which is constituted by the envelope, and the neutron absorbing material is enclosed in said cavities thus formed.
  • each of these sheet metal strips extends parallel to its envelope, has an elongated rectangular shape and each has a folding at a certain angle along a line parallel to its lateral edges.
  • These strips are on the other hand arranged side by side around the cylindrical envelope, one lateral edge of each strip being connected, over its entire length, to the cylindrical envelope, and the other lateral edge of each strip being connected, over its entire length, to the next strip.
  • FIG. 1 there is a cylindrical envelope 1 of steel, very thick, and which defines a cylindrical internal volume 2 in which can be arranged radioactive elements such as nuclear fuel elements.
  • the cylindrical envelope 1 is thick enough to prevent the propagation of most of the radioactive radiation as well as to mechanically resist any conceivable accidental shock.
  • On the external face 3 of this envelope are arranged a series of strips of welding by strip 5 regularly spaced and along generatrices of this cylindrical envelope 1. All around this cylindrical envelope, are then arranged elements 4, all identical, made from sheets of material which is a good thermal conductor, for example copper.
  • Each of these elements 4 consists of a rectangular strip, of length substantially equal to the length of the cylindrical envelope 1.
  • each metal strip 4 is welded in 15 along a corresponding strip welding seam 5; from this edge 6, the element 4 extends towards the outside in a first flat part 7 folded a first time, longitudinally, along a line 8, to be brought back in a circumferential plane, folded in the other direction along a second line 9 parallel to line 8, then folded along a third parallel line 10 in the same manner as the first folding 8, so that the part 11 of the element is located circumferentially.
  • element 4 Due to the three parallel close folds 8, 9, 10, element 4 is given a general dihedral shape, the two sides of which are formed by parts 7 and 11, and, more precisely, in the zone common to parts 7 and 11, a groove 25 of small dimension is produced, also in the form of a dihedral.
  • the element 4 comprises, on the other hand, a lateral edge 12 welded to the next element 4, this edge 12 coming to fit in the groove 25 produced by means of reverse folding 9.
  • the dimension of this groove 25, in the radial direction is equal to the thickness of the part 11 of the element so that the external faces 13 of the peripheral parts 11 of the elements 4 are in the extension of one of the 'other to constitute a perfect cylindrical wall, devoid of notches.
  • a weld 14 is then produced which connects the edge 12 of an element 4 with the next element 4, filling the remaining space of the groove 25, which thus constitutes a sealed external cylindrical wall.
  • the elements 4 are made from cut and folded sheets, but they can also be designed from forged, molded or machined materials.
  • the two welds 14 and 15 are easy to make because the access is not hampered by other elements 4. It can also be noted that, when one has welded at its two ends 6 and 12 an element 4, it constitutes a sealed space 16 delimited by the external wall 3 of the cylindrical envelope 1, by the internal faces of the parts 7 and 11 of an element 4, as well as by the external face of the part 7 of the 'element 4 above.
  • the sealed spaces 16 can be filled, the access of one of the two ends of which is left free, with a neutron absorbing material, known per se.
  • a container as described above is particularly effective because, all around its cylindrical envelope 1, is arranged a neutron absorbing material which fills all the spaces 16 which are juxtaposed.
  • the neutron absorbing material therefore constitutes a practically conti bare all around the cylindrical envelope 1, this layer is however interrupted by the metal parts 7 of the elements 4. For this reason, it is moreover recommended, as shown in FIG. 1, not to place these parts 7 exactly radially , but to tilt them slightly at a certain angle a with respect to a radial direction 17.
  • a container in accordance with the present invention is also capable of efficiently dissipating the heat produced by the radioactive elements stored in the chamber 2.
  • the cylindrical envelope 1 is placed in communication with the external cylindrical wall formed by the parts 11 of the elements 4, using all the parts 7 of the elements 4. It can therefore be seen that the heat from the cylindrical envelope 1 can be easily transmitted to the parts 7 of the elements 4, then to the parts 11 of these elements 4 which are directly in contact with the ambient air. If, for example, the heat from the external wall formed by the parts 11 is removed by natural convection, it is possible to extract a high calorific power from the cylindrical envelope 1.
  • each element 11 a multitude of radial fins 18 welded to the elements 11. It is of course preferable to weld these fins 18 on the parts 11 before filling the cavities 16 with the neutron absorbing material.
  • the profiles 7 can also extend over the entire length of the container (as shown in Figure 3). In this case, the elements 21 and 22 do not exist, the ends 23, 24 of the envelope directly close off the ends of the cavities 16.
  • cooling fins 18 are also possible to design the cooling fins 18 as an integral part of the elements 4. To achieve this, it suffices to provide for each element 4 a radial extension towards the outside at the end 12 of these elements 4.

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EP83400285A 1982-02-12 1983-02-10 Dispositif de protection neutronique pour produit radio-actif Expired EP0087350B1 (fr)

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AT83400285T ATE19560T1 (de) 1982-02-12 1983-02-10 Einrichtung zum neutronenschutz fuer ein radioaktives produkt.

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FR8202300A FR2521764A1 (fr) 1982-02-12 1982-02-12 Dispositif de protection neutronique pour produit radio-actif

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FR2521764B1 (pt) 1985-03-01
EP0087350A1 (fr) 1983-08-31
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