US3432666A - Containers for transporting radioactive and/or fissile materials - Google Patents

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US3432666A
US3432666A US439408A US43940865A US3432666A US 3432666 A US3432666 A US 3432666A US 439408 A US439408 A US 439408A US 43940865 A US43940865 A US 43940865A US 3432666 A US3432666 A US 3432666A
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    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
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  • a transport container for radioactive material comprising a casing which includes a radiation attenuating substance dispersed in a matrix including a moderator material, the substance also affording fire protection for the container. Fire protection is achieved by employing a hydrated salt of boron which absorbs heat as its water of crystallization is driven off through vent holes in a layer surrounding the casing.
  • This invention relates to containers for use in transporting radioactive and/ or fissile materials.
  • Containers so far designed have incorporated steel or lead for gamma attenuation, wood for neutron moderation and cadmium to absorb neutrons.
  • wood gives rise to certain drawbacks in use. Thus, it is of variable density and water content, requires to be fabricated to fit into an outer canister and to receive the isotope vessel. Furthermore, wood is liable to split as it dries out and may give rise to wood acids which could corrode adjacent metals.
  • a container for use in transporting a radioactive material comprising an inner vessel to receive the radioactive material and a casing surrounding the vessel comprising a neutron moderating substance and a neutron capturing substance uniformly distributed in a matrix of cast plastic material, said casing also affording fire protection to the vessel.
  • neutrons emitted from fissile material inside or outside the container will be sufliciently moderated by the matrix material for the probability of their capture to be very high.
  • a transport container having an aluminium vessel 1 for carrying non-irradiated fissile material, with a screw cap or lid 2.
  • the vessel 1 is enclosed in a casing 3 of a mixture of borax and epoxy resin in the weight ratio 1:1.
  • the casing has a lid 4 of the same mixture.
  • the casing is surrounded by a metal layer including a steel canister 5 having a lid 6 with suitably placed vent holes V, the lid 6 being retained in place on the canister 5 by a retaining band 7.
  • the shuttering 8 is 3,432,666 Patented Mar. 11, 1969 provided to define the space in the matrix material for receiving the vessel 1 and the lid 4.
  • the fissile material to be transported is deposited within the vessel 1 and cap 2, lid 4 and lid 6 are placed in position and secured.
  • neutrons emitted from fissile material inside or outside the container will be sufiiciently moderated by the hydrogen contained in the borax and resin matrix for the probability of their capture by the boron in the borax present, to be very high.
  • Borax is used in the above example as a typical hydrated salt. Such salts act to introduce extra hydrogen into the casing as well as absorber atoms. They also serve as heat insulators insofar as they absorb heat in having their water of crystalisation driven off through ventholes V in the casing. Gamma shielding can also be added in the form of a heavy metal or such of its compounds, for example lead chromate, as may conveniently be added to the plastic.
  • the final choice of loading material will depend, for a fissile material container, on the optimum combination of hydrogen and neutron absorber to give a minim-um casing thickness and hence minimum overall size. It is an advantage in utilising a plastic as casing as opposed to wood, in that it can be pumped, whilst liquid, into the canister to fill any cavity so as to surround the vessel and provide a casing of uniform hydrogen and radiation attenuating distribution.
  • the plastic afiords adequate fire resistance for the contents whilst the steel canister serves mainly as shuttering during the casing and is retained to provide additional impact and abrasion protection to the casing.
  • a container for use in transporting radioactive material comprising an inner vessel to receive radioactive material, a means for attenuating radiation and a casing around the vessel comprising a neutron moderating substance and a neutron capturing substance uniformly distributed in a matrix of cast plastic material, and a means, including vents, for venting from said casing water of crystallization derived from said neutron capturing substance of said matrix.
  • a container according to claim 1 wherein said means for attenuating radiation includes a radiation attenuating substance uniformly distributed in said matrix.
  • a container according to claim 2 wherein said radiation attenuating substance is a heavy metal.
  • a container for use in transporting a radioactive material according to claim 4 wherein the casing is mounted in a metal canister which affords impact and abrasion protection to the casing.

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US3930166A (en) * 1972-11-28 1975-12-30 Robatel Slpi Package for transporting or enclosing radioactive materials
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US4747512A (en) * 1987-06-19 1988-05-31 Lo Kin K Transportation packaging for liquids
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US4846235A (en) * 1986-01-29 1989-07-11 Halliburton Company Radioactivity shielding transportation assembly
US4869299A (en) * 1986-01-29 1989-09-26 Halliburton Company Radioactivity shielding transportation assembly and method
US4880119A (en) * 1987-04-06 1989-11-14 Simon B Kenneth Cushioned container for hazardous material
US5008084A (en) * 1990-08-13 1991-04-16 Instruments for Research and Industry I2 R, Inc. Insulated container for biological samples
US5303836A (en) * 1993-07-21 1994-04-19 The Babcock & Wilcox Company Shipping container for highly enriched uranium
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US3723742A (en) * 1968-04-11 1973-03-27 Trw Inc Radioisotope capsule protection structure
US3749917A (en) * 1971-05-12 1973-07-31 H Kucherer Device for encapsulating a radioactive resin-water slurry
US3780306A (en) * 1971-05-27 1973-12-18 Nat Lead Co Radioactive shipping container with neutron and gamma absorbers
JPS5713840B1 (en)) * 1971-06-11 1982-03-19
US3754141A (en) * 1972-07-12 1973-08-21 Atomic Energy Commission Shipping and storage container for high power density radioactive materials
US3930166A (en) * 1972-11-28 1975-12-30 Robatel Slpi Package for transporting or enclosing radioactive materials
US3886368A (en) * 1973-02-27 1975-05-27 Nuclear Fuel Services Spent fuel shipping cask
US3883742A (en) * 1973-07-27 1975-05-13 Packard Instrument Co Inc Scintillation counter, segmented shield
US3982134A (en) * 1974-03-01 1976-09-21 Housholder William R Shipping container for nuclear fuels
US4022317A (en) * 1975-07-07 1977-05-10 Kms Fusion, Inc. Package for fragile objects
US4424903A (en) 1980-03-26 1984-01-10 Kernforschungsanlage Julich Gmbh Apparatus for storing tritium, especially tritium wastes from nuclear power plants
EP0036961B1 (de) * 1980-03-26 1985-06-12 Forschungszentrum Jülich Gmbh Behälter zur Lagerung von Tritium
JPS57173796A (en) * 1981-04-20 1982-10-26 Toshiba Denki Kouji Kk Method of fixing radiation shielding body
US4569818A (en) * 1982-04-22 1986-02-11 Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Wiederaufarbeitung Von Kernbrennstoffen Mbh Container for storing radioactive material
US4588088A (en) * 1983-01-10 1986-05-13 Allen Arthur A Container assembly for storing toxic material
US4752437A (en) * 1983-01-18 1988-06-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho Packaging of radioactive materials
US4595112A (en) * 1984-07-12 1986-06-17 Greif Bros. Corporation Thermal container
US4560069A (en) * 1985-05-02 1985-12-24 Simon B Kenneth Package for hazardous materials
US4846235A (en) * 1986-01-29 1989-07-11 Halliburton Company Radioactivity shielding transportation assembly
US4869299A (en) * 1986-01-29 1989-09-26 Halliburton Company Radioactivity shielding transportation assembly and method
US4880119A (en) * 1987-04-06 1989-11-14 Simon B Kenneth Cushioned container for hazardous material
US4747512A (en) * 1987-06-19 1988-05-31 Lo Kin K Transportation packaging for liquids
US5008084A (en) * 1990-08-13 1991-04-16 Instruments for Research and Industry I2 R, Inc. Insulated container for biological samples
US5337917A (en) * 1991-10-21 1994-08-16 Sandia Corporation Crash resistant container
US5303836A (en) * 1993-07-21 1994-04-19 The Babcock & Wilcox Company Shipping container for highly enriched uranium
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US5995573A (en) * 1996-09-18 1999-11-30 Murray, Jr.; Holt A. Dry storage arrangement for spent nuclear fuel containers
US6230877B1 (en) * 1998-03-17 2001-05-15 Team Safepac I Karlskoga Ab Safety packaging
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RU2170464C1 (ru) * 1999-12-20 2001-07-10 Цаплин Алексей Иванович Контейнер для хранения и транспортирования радиоактивных материалов
US9233776B2 (en) 2012-06-07 2016-01-12 Bayer Healthcare Llc Molecular imaging vial transport container and fluid injection system interface
US20140263319A1 (en) * 2013-03-13 2014-09-18 Medrad, Inc. Vial container with collar cap
US9327886B2 (en) * 2013-03-13 2016-05-03 Bayer Healthcare Llc Vial container with collar cap
US9757306B2 (en) 2013-03-13 2017-09-12 Bayer Healthcare Llc Vial container with collar cap

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