US3859533A - Storing device for fuel assemblies - Google Patents

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US3859533A
US3859533A US416182A US41618273A US3859533A US 3859533 A US3859533 A US 3859533A US 416182 A US416182 A US 416182A US 41618273 A US41618273 A US 41618273A US 3859533 A US3859533 A US 3859533A
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  • the walls of the tubes are coated [52] US. Cl. 250/507, 250/518 h ing m eri l.
  • the assemblies can be placed close to each other if a sufficient amount of absorbing material of penetrating radiation is placed between the assemblies. Most of the absorbing materials must be encapsuled in order not to be dissolved or corroded by the water. The materials which can be used uncapsuled, for example hafnium, are very expensive.
  • the storing tubes are assembled in such a way that a space which is necessary for absorbing materials is formed between the tubes when they are put together into a unit.
  • the construction consists of square tubes which are provided with absorbing material all around them. Application of the absorbing layer can be performed by metal spraying, by electrolysis or in the form of thin sheet or foil. The gaps between adjacent tubes are sealed by welding at top and bottom. The sides of the construction which do not face other tubes are provided with cover plates welded to the upper and lower edges of the tubes.
  • the units can be so small as 4 to 8 positions but can also comprise all 1,000 positions. Units which are very large, however, are impractical from the point of view of handling and prefabrication.
  • a grid is provided which is formed of upstanding wall portions crossing each other, with notches between the tubereceiving portions, in which the walls of adjacent tubes engage with a space between them which is filled with absorbing medium.
  • the spaces are sealed at top and bottom by valves or the like.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device according to the invention in horizontal section along the line I I of FIG. 2, and FIG. 2 shows a vertical section of the same device along the line IIII of FIG. 1, FIG. 1 showing the storing device without fuel assemblies and FIG. 2 with fuel assemblies.
  • 1 designates a supporting grid which is constituted by a plurality of sheet elements 2 resting on their ends and crossing each other and welded together.
  • the supporting grid 1 is supported by a plurality of supporting studs 3 which are arranged on the floor of the fuel basin.
  • a number of storing tubes 4 are positioned on the supporting grid 1, which is provided with retaining means of such a nature that accurate positions are ensured for the tubes.
  • the retaining means in a simple form consist of notches 5 in the sheet element 2. In each notch 5 the width is such that two parallel tubular walls 6 and 7, belonging to two different storing tubes with an intermediary gap 8 for absorbing material, can be inserted into the notch 5.
  • the gaps 8 are sealed at the upper and lower edges by the welding seams 9 and 10, which, together with a cover plate surrounding the whole storing device, ensures a watertight enclosure of the absorbing material arranged between the storing tubes.
  • the sheet elements 2 are made with oblique control edges 11, which results in a centering of each fuel assembly 12 with respect to the corresponding storing tubes.
  • Storing device for fuel assemblies of substantially square cross-section comprising a supporting grid (1) with a substantially square lattice, a plurality of tubes (4), the tubes having substantially square cross section and being adapted to contain one fuel assembly each, a plurality of retaining means (5) for holding said tubes in position with respect to said supporting grid, an absorbing material (8) coating the walls of said tubes, each of said retaining means (5) being adapted to hold a pair (6, 7) of mutually parallel walls belonging to dif ferent tubes and arranged with a gap (8) between them, said walls crossing a side of said lattice, said gap containing a layer of absorbing material, the gap between said walls being sealed water-tightly at the top and bottom portions of said gap.

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US4219735A (en) * 1975-12-31 1980-08-26 Transnucleaire, Societe Pour Les Transports De L'industrie Nucleaire Container for the transportation of irradiated fuel elements and handling device adapted therefor
DE2943459A1 (de) * 1979-10-27 1981-05-07 Nukem Gmbh, 6450 Hanau Lagergestell fuer waermeproduzierende stoffe
DE3004274A1 (de) * 1980-02-06 1981-08-13 Gg. Noell GmbH, 8700 Würzburg Mittel zum festlegen gebrauchter brennelemente aus kernkraftwerken in kammern eines lagergestells
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US4441242A (en) * 1981-05-29 1984-04-10 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Spent fuel consolidation system
US4567015A (en) * 1982-03-12 1986-01-28 Sulzer Brothers Limited Frame for storing nuclear fuel elements
US4610893A (en) * 1983-12-20 1986-09-09 Asea Aktiebolag Method of manufacturing an absorber plate for a boiling water reactor
US4746487A (en) * 1981-06-10 1988-05-24 U.S. Tool & Die, Inc. Storage rack for nuclear fuel assemblies
US4780268A (en) * 1984-06-13 1988-10-25 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Neutron absorber articles
US4781883A (en) * 1984-09-04 1988-11-01 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Spent fuel storage cask having continuous grid basket assembly
US4788030A (en) * 1986-06-02 1988-11-29 Sulzer Brothers Limited Storage rack for nuclear fuel elements
US4857263A (en) * 1983-03-01 1989-08-15 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Storage of spent nuclear fuel
US4908515A (en) * 1985-12-27 1990-03-13 Nus Corporation Method of efficiently storing spent nuclear fuel rods in a cylindrical container
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US6665365B2 (en) 2000-09-01 2003-12-16 Societe Pour Les Transports De L'industrie Nucleaire-Transnucleaire Storage container for radioactive materials
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US4004154A (en) * 1975-03-17 1977-01-18 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Fissionable mass storage device
US4044267A (en) * 1975-03-17 1977-08-23 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Fissionable mass storage device
US4010375A (en) * 1975-05-27 1977-03-01 Wachter William J Storage rack for nuclear fuel assemblies
US4096392A (en) * 1975-07-11 1978-06-20 Nuclear Services Corporation Rack for storing spent nuclear fuel elements
US4029968A (en) * 1975-09-11 1977-06-14 Nuclear Services Corporation Stacked racks for storing spent nuclear fuel elements
US4006362A (en) * 1975-11-17 1977-02-01 Brooks & Perkins, Incorporated Shroud for storing radioactive spent nuclear fuel cells
US4219735A (en) * 1975-12-31 1980-08-26 Transnucleaire, Societe Pour Les Transports De L'industrie Nucleaire Container for the transportation of irradiated fuel elements and handling device adapted therefor
US4039842A (en) * 1976-01-08 1977-08-02 Brooks & Perkins, Incorporated Fuel storage rack
US4063999A (en) * 1976-01-28 1977-12-20 Westinghouse Electric Corporation Nuclear fuel storage arrangement
US4088897A (en) * 1976-02-02 1978-05-09 Olaf Soot Nuclear fuel storage rack
US4034227A (en) * 1976-02-02 1977-07-05 Olaf Soot Nuclear fuel storage rack
US4024406A (en) * 1976-02-17 1977-05-17 Combustion Engineering, Inc. Spent fuel storage improvement
DE2629363A1 (de) * 1976-06-30 1978-01-05 Noell Gmbh Lagergestell zur aufnahme gebrauchter brennelemente fuer kernkraftwerke
JPS5323899U (en, 2012) * 1976-08-07 1978-02-28
JPS5343198U (en, 2012) * 1976-09-14 1978-04-13
US4203038A (en) * 1976-10-29 1980-05-13 Hitachi, Ltd. High density spent fuel storage rack
EP0002227A1 (en) * 1977-11-25 1979-06-13 The Carborundum Company Neutron absorbing articlem neutron absorbing plate and use of said plate as well as method for manufacture of such article
US4248668A (en) * 1978-03-13 1981-02-03 General Electric Company Storage module for nuclear fuel assemblies
DE2822397A1 (de) * 1978-03-13 1979-09-27 Gen Electric Lagermodul fuer kernbrennstoff-baueinheiten
US4177386A (en) * 1978-05-26 1979-12-04 Robbins Thomas R Method and apparatus for storing nuclear fuel assemblies in maximum density racks
FR2431754A1 (fr) * 1978-07-19 1980-02-15 Transnuklear Gmbh Conteneur blinde pour le transport et/ou le stockage d'elements combustibles irradies
DE2943459A1 (de) * 1979-10-27 1981-05-07 Nukem Gmbh, 6450 Hanau Lagergestell fuer waermeproduzierende stoffe
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US4382060A (en) * 1980-05-22 1983-05-03 Joseph Oat Corporation Radioactive fuel cell storage rack
US4441242A (en) * 1981-05-29 1984-04-10 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Spent fuel consolidation system
US4746487A (en) * 1981-06-10 1988-05-24 U.S. Tool & Die, Inc. Storage rack for nuclear fuel assemblies
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US5245641A (en) * 1981-12-22 1993-09-14 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Spent fuel storage rack
US4960560A (en) * 1981-12-22 1990-10-02 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Spent fuel storage rack for BWR fuel assemblies
JPS58118992A (ja) * 1982-01-06 1983-07-15 三菱重工業株式会社 核燃料集合体の貯蔵装置
US4567015A (en) * 1982-03-12 1986-01-28 Sulzer Brothers Limited Frame for storing nuclear fuel elements
US4857263A (en) * 1983-03-01 1989-08-15 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Storage of spent nuclear fuel
US4610893A (en) * 1983-12-20 1986-09-09 Asea Aktiebolag Method of manufacturing an absorber plate for a boiling water reactor
US4780268A (en) * 1984-06-13 1988-10-25 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Neutron absorber articles
US4781883A (en) * 1984-09-04 1988-11-01 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Spent fuel storage cask having continuous grid basket assembly
US4908515A (en) * 1985-12-27 1990-03-13 Nus Corporation Method of efficiently storing spent nuclear fuel rods in a cylindrical container
US4788030A (en) * 1986-06-02 1988-11-29 Sulzer Brothers Limited Storage rack for nuclear fuel elements
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