GB909692A - A storage and shipping cask for a heat evolving radiation source - Google Patents

A storage and shipping cask for a heat evolving radiation source

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GB909692A
GB909692A GB622261A GB622261A GB909692A GB 909692 A GB909692 A GB 909692A GB 622261 A GB622261 A GB 622261A GB 622261 A GB622261 A GB 622261A GB 909692 A GB909692 A GB 909692A
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elements
header
vessel
heat exchangers
cask
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GB622261A
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Donald Wheaton Montgomery
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Babcock and Wilcox Co
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Babcock and Wilcox Co
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Priority to NL261747D priority Critical patent/NL261747A/xx
Priority to US807196A priority patent/US3046403A/en
Application filed by Babcock and Wilcox Co filed Critical Babcock and Wilcox Co
Priority to GB622261A priority patent/GB909692A/en
Priority to US188069A priority patent/US3230373A/en
Publication of GB909692A publication Critical patent/GB909692A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • G21F5/10—Heat-removal systems, e.g. using circulating fluid or cooling fins

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Abstract

909,692. Shielded containers for radioactive material. BABCOCK & WILCOX CO. Feb. 20, 1961, No. 6222/61: Class 39 (4). A cask 10 for shipping spent fuel elements comprises a pressure vessel 11 having internal and external shielding 22, 32, the internal shielding 22 defining a rectangular section cavity 24 in which fuel elements 26 may be placed. After the elements have been loaded the vessel is filled with water to a level just above the top elements and a shielding plug 28 and pressure vessel head 20 are replaced, the heat from the elements generating steam under pressure. The cask 10 is loaded on to railroad truck and two heat exchangers 34 are attached, each exchanger comprising an inlet header 36 and an outlet header 38 interconnected by heat exchange tubes 40. Each header 36 is connected to the vessel 11 through a valve (Fig. 2, not shown), and pipe 42 and each header 38 is connected through a pipe 46 and valve 48, the steam passing through conduits 44 in the plug 28 and being condensed in the heat exchangers. The heat exchangers may be cooled by convection air currents, but preferably blower means (not shown) are provided. Baskets 54 of a neutron absorbing material may be provided in the pressure vessel to prevent critical conditions arising and facilitate handling the fuel elements or broken parts thereof.
GB622261A 1959-04-17 1961-02-20 A storage and shipping cask for a heat evolving radiation source Expired GB909692A (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NL261747D NL261747A (en) 1961-02-20
US807196A US3046403A (en) 1959-04-17 1959-04-17 Device for the storage of a heat evolving material
GB622261A GB909692A (en) 1961-02-20 1961-02-20 A storage and shipping cask for a heat evolving radiation source
US188069A US3230373A (en) 1959-04-17 1962-04-17 Device for the storage of a heat evolving material

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GB622261A GB909692A (en) 1961-02-20 1961-02-20 A storage and shipping cask for a heat evolving radiation source

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1614279B1 (en) * 1966-09-09 1971-08-26 Nat Lead Co Transport container for radioactive material
DE2814796A1 (en) * 1978-04-05 1979-10-11 Kraftwerk Union Ag COOLING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORT CONTAINER
GB2199279A (en) * 1986-12-30 1988-07-06 Nat Nuclear Corp Ltd Storage of heat generating materials
WO2014189582A2 (en) 2013-03-06 2014-11-27 Nuscale Power, Llc Managing nuclear reactor spent fuel rods

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE1614279B1 (en) * 1966-09-09 1971-08-26 Nat Lead Co Transport container for radioactive material
DE2814796A1 (en) * 1978-04-05 1979-10-11 Kraftwerk Union Ag COOLING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORT CONTAINER
GB2199279A (en) * 1986-12-30 1988-07-06 Nat Nuclear Corp Ltd Storage of heat generating materials
WO2014189582A2 (en) 2013-03-06 2014-11-27 Nuscale Power, Llc Managing nuclear reactor spent fuel rods
EP2965323A4 (en) * 2013-03-06 2017-03-15 NuScale Power, LLC Managing nuclear reactor spent fuel rods
US10453578B2 (en) * 2013-03-06 2019-10-22 Nuscale Power, Llc Managing nuclear reactor spent fuel rods

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