FR2426315A1 - DEVICE FOR STORING EXHAUSTED FUEL ON THE SITE OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR - Google Patents

DEVICE FOR STORING EXHAUSTED FUEL ON THE SITE OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR

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FR2426315A1
FR2426315A1 FR7912209A FR7912209A FR2426315A1 FR 2426315 A1 FR2426315 A1 FR 2426315A1 FR 7912209 A FR7912209 A FR 7912209A FR 7912209 A FR7912209 A FR 7912209A FR 2426315 A1 FR2426315 A1 FR 2426315A1
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tank
fuel rods
guide plate
fuel
site
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
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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
    • G21F5/06—Details of, or accessories to, the containers
    • G21F5/12—Closures for containers; Sealing arrangements
    • 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
    • G21F9/00—Treating radioactively contaminated material; Decontamination arrangements therefor
    • G21F9/04—Treating liquids
    • G21F9/06—Processing
    • G21F9/16—Processing by fixation in stable solid media
    • 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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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • High Energy & Nuclear Physics (AREA)
  • Monitoring And Testing Of Nuclear Reactors (AREA)
  • Cooling, Air Intake And Gas Exhaust, And Fuel Tank Arrangements In Propulsion Units (AREA)

Abstract

Cuve pour l'emmagasinage des barres de combustible en un réseau compact, cette cuve possédant une base agencée pour supporter des barres de combustible et des parois pour contenir ces barres de combustible, cuve caractérisée en ce que deux parois d'extrémité opposées 20 de cette cuve 10 possèdent à leur extrémité supérieure des créneaux 30, espacés les uns des autres d'une distance égale à la distance des rangées d'éléments combustibles à disposer dans cette cuve, et en ce qu'une plaque de guidage 32 est ménagée dans cette cuve de façon à faciliter le chargement des barres de combustible 26 dans cette cuve 10, cette plaque de guidage 32 possédant des doigts faisant saillie à son extrémité supérieure pour être reçus dans les créneaux 30 et cette cuve ayant des moyens correspondants 24, 50 pour s'engager avec la plaque de guidage 32 à son extrémité inférieure, cette plaque de guidage 32 donnant un support latéral aux barres de combustible 26 lorsqu'elles sont insérées en rangées dans lesquelles chaque barre de combustible 26 est pratiquement en contact linéaire avec les barres de combustible adjacentes 26.Tank for the storage of fuel rods in a compact network, this tank having a base arranged to support fuel rods and walls for containing these fuel rods, tank characterized in that two opposite end walls 20 of this tank 10 have at their upper end crenellations 30, spaced apart from each other by a distance equal to the distance of the rows of fuel elements to be disposed in this tank, and in that a guide plate 32 is provided in this tank so as to facilitate the loading of the fuel rods 26 into this tank 10, this guide plate 32 having fingers projecting at its upper end to be received in the slots 30 and this tank having corresponding means 24, 50 for s 'to engage with the guide plate 32 at its lower end, this guide plate 32 giving lateral support to the fuel rods 26 when inserted in rows in the which each fuel rod 26 is substantially in linear contact with the adjacent fuel rods 26.

FR7912209A 1978-05-15 1979-05-14 DEVICE FOR STORING EXHAUSTED FUEL ON THE SITE OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR Granted FR2426315A1 (en)

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US90567178A 1978-05-15 1978-05-15

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FR2426315A1 true FR2426315A1 (en) 1979-12-14
FR2426315B1 FR2426315B1 (en) 1983-12-30

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EP (1) EP0005623B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS6017075B2 (en)
KR (1) KR820000551B1 (en)
DE (1) DE2963465D1 (en)
EG (1) EG14893A (en)
ES (1) ES8104623A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2426315A1 (en)
GR (1) GR67749B (en)
IL (1) IL57166A (en)
IT (1) IT1113971B (en)
PH (1) PH17641A (en)
ZA (1) ZA791691B (en)

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US4474727A (en) * 1978-05-15 1984-10-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Arrangement for storing spent nuclear fuel rods at a reactor site
DE3268629D1 (en) * 1981-05-29 1986-03-06 Westinghouse Electric Corp Spent fuel consolidation apparatus
US4441242A (en) * 1981-05-29 1984-04-10 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Spent fuel consolidation system
US4446098A (en) * 1981-05-29 1984-05-01 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Spent fuel consolidation system
US4775507A (en) * 1981-08-10 1988-10-04 U.S. Tool & Die, Inc. Method for compacting spent nuclear reactor fuel rods
US4457888A (en) * 1982-02-22 1984-07-03 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Nuclear poison box base construction
DE3320071A1 (en) * 1983-06-03 1984-12-06 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München ARRANGEMENT FOR RECEIVING BURNED NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL BARS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING THE SAME
ES527878A0 (en) * 1983-11-25 1985-12-01 Nuklear Service Gmbh Gns PROVISION FOR THE TRANSPORT AND STORAGE OF FUEL BARS OF IRRADIATED FUEL ELEMENTS
EP0276529A1 (en) * 1987-01-28 1988-08-03 Proto-Power Corporation Apparatus and method for consolidating spent fuel rods
DE8809387U1 (en) * 1988-07-22 1989-08-03 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Filling device for the orderly, complete filling of a container with rods, in particular spent fuel elements from nuclear facilities, in hexagonal densest packing
EP0355191A1 (en) * 1988-08-24 1990-02-28 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Apparatus for placing fuel rods in a case
US5180540A (en) * 1991-03-25 1993-01-19 B&W Fuel Company Fuel rod consolidation structure

Citations (7)

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GB924013A (en) * 1960-05-24 1963-04-18 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to shielded containers for nuclear fuel elements
FR1393704A (en) * 1963-04-03 1965-03-26 Nat Lead Co Fuel element container
FR1555657A (en) * 1966-10-26 1969-01-31
FR2006621A1 (en) * 1968-04-20 1969-12-26 Kernforschungsanlage Ste
FR2171163A1 (en) * 1972-02-11 1973-09-21 Atomic Energy Authority Uk
DE2259669A1 (en) * 1972-12-06 1974-06-12 Licentia Gmbh Irradiated fuel storage facility - with transversely mounted beams supporting fuel elements giving economic construction
FR2317127A1 (en) * 1975-07-07 1977-02-04 Gallay Sa Transport module for elongated articles partic. nuclear fuel rods - holds these clamped during transport but releases them at the reception point automatically

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BE792477A (en) * 1971-12-08 1973-03-30 Lucien Rene AUDIO-VISUAL EDUCATION DEVICE

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB924013A (en) * 1960-05-24 1963-04-18 Atomic Energy Authority Uk Improvements in or relating to shielded containers for nuclear fuel elements
FR1393704A (en) * 1963-04-03 1965-03-26 Nat Lead Co Fuel element container
FR1555657A (en) * 1966-10-26 1969-01-31
FR2006621A1 (en) * 1968-04-20 1969-12-26 Kernforschungsanlage Ste
FR2171163A1 (en) * 1972-02-11 1973-09-21 Atomic Energy Authority Uk
DE2259669A1 (en) * 1972-12-06 1974-06-12 Licentia Gmbh Irradiated fuel storage facility - with transversely mounted beams supporting fuel elements giving economic construction
FR2317127A1 (en) * 1975-07-07 1977-02-04 Gallay Sa Transport module for elongated articles partic. nuclear fuel rods - holds these clamped during transport but releases them at the reception point automatically

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JPS6017075B2 (en) 1985-04-30
EP0005623B1 (en) 1982-08-04
EP0005623A2 (en) 1979-11-28
JPS54150591A (en) 1979-11-26
PH17641A (en) 1984-10-18
DE2963465D1 (en) 1982-09-30
GR67749B (en) 1981-09-18
FR2426315B1 (en) 1983-12-30
EP0005623A3 (en) 1980-04-16
ES480582A0 (en) 1981-03-16
IT7922645A0 (en) 1979-05-14
ES8104623A1 (en) 1981-03-16
IL57166A (en) 1983-05-15
KR820000551B1 (en) 1982-04-13
EG14893A (en) 1985-06-30
ZA791691B (en) 1980-07-30
IT1113971B (en) 1986-01-27

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