ULTRA-SAFE WET STORAGE FACILITY FOR NUCLEAR FUEL
    44.
    发明申请
    ULTRA-SAFE WET STORAGE FACILITY FOR NUCLEAR FUEL 审中-公开
    ULTRA-SAFE湿式储存设备用于核燃料

    公开(公告)号:US20160035444A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-04

    申请号:US14817885

    申请日:2015-08-04

    IPC分类号: G21C19/07 G21C19/08 G21C19/32

    摘要: An autonomous facility for storing spent nuclear fuel in one embodiment includes a building forming an enclosed interior space containing a water-filled spent fuel pool. The pool includes fuel racks containing spent fuel assemblies which heat the water via radioactive decay. A passive cooling system includes a submerged heat exchanger in the pool and an air cooled heat exchanger located in ambient air outside the building at a higher elevation than the pool heat exchanger. A heat transfer working fluid circulates in a closed flow loop between the heat exchangers via unpumped natural gravity driven flow to cool the fuel pool. The air cooled heat exchanger may be enclosed in a concrete reinforced silo adjoining the building for impact protection. The building may include a cask pit formed integrally with the pool to allow fuel assembles to be removed from a transport cask and loaded into the fuel rack underwater.

    摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,用于储存乏核燃料的自主设施包括形成封闭的内部空间的建筑物,其包含充满水的乏燃料池。 游泳池包括含有乏燃料组件的燃料架,其通过放射性衰变来加热水。 被动冷却系统包括池中的浸没式热交换器和位于建筑物外部的环境空气中的空气冷却热交换器,其高度高于水池式热交换器。 传热工作流体在热交换器之间的闭合流动循环中通过未启动的自然重力驱动流动循环,以冷却燃料池。 空气冷却的热交换器可以封闭在与建筑物相邻的混凝土加固筒仓中用于冲击保护。 该建筑物可以包括与池一体形成的桶形坑,以允许燃料组件从运输桶中移出并在水下装载到燃料架中。

    Fuel element storage and cooling configuration
    45.
    发明授权
    Fuel element storage and cooling configuration 有权
    燃料元件储存和冷却配置

    公开(公告)号:US09058906B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-16

    申请号:US13222346

    申请日:2011-08-31

    摘要: A fuel element storage and cooling configuration includes a fuel element storage pool and a cooling system having at least one first heat exchanger disposed in the fuel element storage pool and at least one second heat exchanger disposed in a heat sink and located at a distance therefrom, above a highest point of the first heat exchanger. The two heat exchangers are connected, using a pipe system, to form a closed circuit, which is at least partially filled with a flowable coolant. If the temperature of the first heat exchanger is increased with respect to the second heat exchanger, natural circulation of the coolant, and thus heat transport from the fuel element storage pool to the heat sink, is ensured without a pump apparatus.

    摘要翻译: 燃料元件储存和冷却配置包括燃料元件储存池和冷却系统,该冷却系统具有设置在燃料元件储存池中的至少一个第一热交换器和至少一个第二热交换器,该热交换器设置在散热器中, 高于第一换热器的最高点。 使用管道系统连接两个热交换器以形成至少部分地填充有可流动冷却剂的闭合回路。 如果第一热交换器的温度相对于第二热交换器增加,则无需泵装置即可确保冷却剂的自然循环,从而从燃料元件储存池向散热器的热传递。

    System for backcooling radioactive-waste containers
    46.
    发明授权
    System for backcooling radioactive-waste containers 失效
    背冷放射性废物容器系统

    公开(公告)号:US5740215A

    公开(公告)日:1998-04-14

    申请号:US805407

    申请日:1997-02-24

    IPC分类号: G21C19/08 G21F5/10

    摘要: A transport/storage container holding spent radioactive fuel elements is cooled by withdrawing gases from inside the container to create a subatmospheric pressure therein, feeding coolant water from a reservoir into the container, withdrawing steam from the container, and condensing the steam outside the container into condensate water. A common pump is used both to withdraw gases and steam from the container. The steam is condensed by contacting it with water drawn from the reservoir. In addition the water drawn from the reservoir is passed countercurrent to the steam in a condenser and the condensate water is fed back to the reservoir.

    摘要翻译: 容纳废放射性燃料元件的运输/储存容器通过从容器内部排出气体而冷却,以在其中产生低于大气压的压力,将冷却水从储存器供给到容器中,从容器中取出蒸汽,并将容器外部的蒸汽冷凝成 冷凝水。 普通的泵既用于从容器中取出气体和蒸汽。 蒸汽通过与从储存器抽出的水接触而被冷凝。 此外,从储存器抽出的水与冷凝器中的蒸汽逆流通过,并将冷凝水反馈回储存器。

    Horizontal modular dry irradiated fuel storage system
    47.
    发明授权
    Horizontal modular dry irradiated fuel storage system 失效
    水平模块式干式辐射燃料储存系统

    公开(公告)号:US4780269A

    公开(公告)日:1988-10-25

    申请号:US711067

    申请日:1985-03-12

    CPC分类号: G21F5/012 G21C19/07

    摘要: A horizontal, modular, dry, irradiated fuel storage system (10) includes a thin-walled canister (12) for containing irradiated fuel assemblies (20), which canister (12) can be positioned in a transfer cask (14) and transported in a horizontal manner from a fuel storage pool (18), to an intermediate-term storage facility. The storage system (10) includes a plurality of dry storage modules (26) which accept the canister (12) from the transfer cask (14) and provide for appropriate shielding about the canister (12). Each module (26) also provides for air cooling of the canister (12) to remove the decay heat of the irradiated fuel assemblies (20). The modules (26) can be interlocked so that each module (26) gains additional shielding from the next adjacent module (26). Hydraulic rams (30) are provided for inserting and removing the canisters (12) from the modules (26).

    摘要翻译: 水平的,模块化的,干燥的,辐照的燃料储存系统(10)包括用于容纳辐射的燃料组件(20)的薄壁罐(12),所述罐(12)可以定位在转运桶(14)中并在 从燃料储存池(18)到中间储存设备的水平方式。 存储系统(10)包括多个干存储模块(26),其从转移桶(14)接收罐(12)并提供围绕罐(12)的适当屏蔽。 每个模块(26)还提供罐(12)的空气冷却以去除被照射的燃料组件(20)的衰变热。 模块(26)可以互锁,使得每个模块(26)从下一相邻模块(26)获得额外的屏蔽。 提供液压柱塞(30)用于从模块(26)插入和移除罐(12)。

    Handling system for nuclear fuel assemblies
    48.
    发明授权
    Handling system for nuclear fuel assemblies 失效
    核燃料装配处理系统

    公开(公告)号:US3848423A

    公开(公告)日:1974-11-19

    申请号:US22481372

    申请日:1972-02-09

    发明人: RENAUX C

    IPC分类号: G21C19/08 G21F5/14 F17C7/00

    CPC分类号: G21F5/14 G21C19/08

    摘要: The invention relates to a handling system for nuclear fuel assemblies. The system comprises a trough on the base of a tank which is filled with sodium. The trough is open at its top and has a seating for receiving a fuel assembly. The system also includes a bell-shaped member which is open at the bottom and is provided with means for temporarily locking the bell-shaped member to the trough in a position over the fuel assembly. A Utube connects the closed top of the bell-shaped member to the exterior and the trough is provided with a siphon device for emptying the trough.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种用于核燃料组件的处理系统。 该系统包括在填充有钠的罐的底部上的槽。 槽在其顶部是开放的并且具有用于容纳燃料组件的座。 该系统还包括在底部开口的钟形构件,并且设置有用于将钟形构件在燃料组件上方的位置临时锁定到槽的装置。 U形管将钟形构件的封闭顶部连接到外部,并且槽设置有用于排空槽的虹吸装置。