Automatically adjusting seismic restraint system for nuclear fuel storage

    公开(公告)号:US12131830B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US17723999

    申请日:2022-04-19

    发明人: Krishna P. Singh

    摘要: An automatically adjusting seismic restraint system for nuclear fuel storage in one embodiment comprises a free-standing first fuel storage component (FSC) configured to contain nuclear fuel, and a stationary second FSC configured to receive the first fuel storage component. An inter-body gap formed between the FSCs includes at least one seismic restraint assembly. The assembly includes a stationary wedge member fixedly coupled to the second FSC and a movable loose wedge member engaged with and supported in place by the stationary wedge member. The stationary wedge member defines an inclined load bearing surface slideably engaged with a mating inclined load bearing surface of the loose wedge member. During a seismic event or thermal expansion of the first FSC, the first FSC moves towards the second FSC which shrinks the inter-body gap and the loose wedge member is vertically displaced relative to the stationary wedge member while maintaining engagement therewith.

    Nuclear materials apparatus and implementing the same

    公开(公告)号:US11715575B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-01

    申请号:US17080966

    申请日:2020-10-27

    发明人: Krishna P. Singh

    摘要: An apparatus for supporting spent nuclear fuel including a plurality of wall plates arranged in an intersecting manner to define a basket apparatus extending along a longitudinal axis. The basket apparatus may include a plurality of fuel cells and a plurality of flux traps between adjacent fuel cells. A plurality of reinforcement members may be positioned in the flux traps and may extend between opposing ones of the wall plates that form the flux traps. Each of the wall plates may be a slotted wall plate. The slotted wall plates may be interlocked with one another to form the basket apparatus. Each of the slotted wall plates may include an upper edge, a lower edge, and a plurality of plate slots formed in each of the upper and lower edges. The plate slots of the slotted wall plates may receive intersecting slotted wall plates.

    HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL CAPSULE

    公开(公告)号:US20210343437A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17364715

    申请日:2021-06-30

    申请人: Henry Crichlow

    发明人: Henry Crichlow

    IPC分类号: G21F5/008 G21F9/36 G21F5/08

    摘要: A nuclear waste-capsule may include: an outer shell; an inner tube, located in that outer shell; and one or more spent nuclear fuel (SNF) assemblies (or portions thereof), with particular structure(s) attached thereto, within that inner tube. The particular structure(s) may be one or more spring-loaded receptacles (SLRs), such that each of the one or more SNF assemblies (or portions thereof), within the given inner tube, may have circumferentially attached thereto at least one SLR. Each such SLR may act as shock absorbing suspension means and may structurally support and centralize its associated SNF assembly (or portion thereof) within the given inner tube. Additionally, the one or more SNF assemblies (or portions thereof), along with the associated SLRs, may be immersed within a protective/preventative medium, within the given inner tube. The so loaded waste-capsule may be deposited within a wellbore that is located within a repository geological formation.

    HAZARDOUS MATERIAL REPOSITORY SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200273591A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-27

    申请号:US16796787

    申请日:2020-02-20

    发明人: Richard A. Muller

    摘要: Techniques for storing nuclear waste include placing a plurality of nuclear waste portions into an inner volume of a housing of a nuclear waste canister configured to store the nuclear waste portions in a hazardous waste repository of a directional drillhole formed in a subterranean formation; substantially filling voids within the inner volume and between the plurality of nuclear waste portions with a solid or semi-solid granular material; and sealing the inner volume of the nuclear waste canister to enclose the plurality of nuclear waste portions and the solid or semi-solid granular material.

    UF6 TRANSPORT AND PROCESS CONTAINER (30W) FOR ENRICHMENTS UP TO 20% BY WEIGHT

    公开(公告)号:US20190341161A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-07

    申请号:US16404125

    申请日:2019-05-06

    发明人: David L. Stucker

    摘要: The invention relates to UF6 transport and process containers to store UF6 enriched up to 20 percent by weight 235U in amounts up to 1,500 kg U. The containers include a shell, which has an integral heat exchanger positioned between the exterior and interior surfaces/substrates of the shell. The integral heat exchanger is composed of metal passage voids to pass heat transport fluid. The shell forms an inner chamber, and a partition configuration is positioned within the inner chamber, extending longitudinally along the length of the container, to form a plurality of individual compartments within the inner chamber to store the UF6. The containers may be produced by additive manufacturing methods.

    SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR UNIRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLIES

    公开(公告)号:US20180082761A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-22

    申请号:US15822852

    申请日:2017-11-27

    申请人: BWXT mPower, Inc.

    摘要: A shipping container comprises a tubular or cylindrical shell having a closed end and an open end, a top end-cap removably secured to the open end of the tubular or cylindrical shell, and at least one fuel assembly compartment defined inside the shell. Each fuel assembly compartment includes elastomeric sidewalls and is sized and shaped to receive an unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly through the open end of the shell. The shipping container may further include a divider component, for example having a cross-shaped cross-section with ends of the cross secured to inner walls of the shell, and the divider component and the inner walls of the shell define the fuel assembly compartments. To load, the shipping container is arranged vertically and an unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly is loaded through the open end of the shell into each compartment, after which the open end is closed off by securing the top end-cap.

    PACKAGE COMPRISING IMPROVED MEANS OF DAMPENING IMPACT BETWEEN AN ASSEMBLY CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND THE COVER OF THE PACKAGING
    7.
    发明申请
    PACKAGE COMPRISING IMPROVED MEANS OF DAMPENING IMPACT BETWEEN AN ASSEMBLY CONTAINING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND THE COVER OF THE PACKAGING 审中-公开
    包装改善了包含放射性物质的组件与包装封套之间的冲击力的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160225474A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-04

    申请号:US14914921

    申请日:2014-09-04

    申请人: TN INTERNATIONAL

    IPC分类号: G21F5/08 B65D81/02 G21F5/12

    摘要: The invention relates to a package comprising a packaging for storing and/or transporting radioactive materials and an assembly containing radioactive materials (16) housed in a cavity of the packaging closed by a cover (6), the package comprising a system for dampening impact of the assembly against the cover (6), the system comprising at least one deformable dampening device (42) and a loading device (26) of the deformable dampening device. According to the invention, one of the devices (42) is mounted moveable on the cover (6) in a plane orthogonal to the axis (8) of the packaging, and has means (50) of self-centering relatively to the other of the devices (26), provided on the assembly containing the radioactive materials (16).

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种包装,其包括用于储存和/或运输放射性物质的包装,以及包含放置在由封盖(6)封闭的包装的空腔中的放射性材料(16)的组件,所述包装包括用于抑制 所述组件抵靠所述盖(6),所述系统包括所述可变形阻尼装置的至少一个可变形阻尼装置(42)和装载装置(26)。 根据本发明,装置(42)之一安装在与包装的轴线(8)正交的平面中的盖(6)上,并且具有相对于另一个的自定心装置(50) 设置在包含放射性材料(16)的组件上的装置(26)。

    Transportation container of fuel assembly
    8.
    发明授权
    Transportation container of fuel assembly 有权
    燃油组件运输集装箱

    公开(公告)号:US09117555B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-25

    申请号:US13386754

    申请日:2010-07-05

    申请人: Hiroki Tamaki

    发明人: Hiroki Tamaki

    摘要: There are provided: a container body (11) that has an opening in one end; a lid member (12A) that seals the opening; a prismatic pipe (30) that is arranged in the container body (11); a fuel holder (20) that covers a side surface of a fuel assembly when inserted into the prismatic pipe (30); and pressing members (37a, 37b) that are arranged on the prismatic pipe (30) and press the fuel holder (20), in the prismatic pipe (30), against inner surfaces of the prismatic pipe (30). One end (23) of the fuel holder (20) is formed in a tapered shape inclining toward an inside of the fuel holder (20). One end of the prismatic pipe (30) is provided with a first guide member (40) that has a recess (41) conforming to a shape of the one end (23) of the fuel holder (20).

    摘要翻译: 提供有:一端具有开口的容器主体(11); 密封开口的盖构件(12A); 布置在所述容器主体(11)中的棱柱形管(30); 燃料保持器(20),其在插入所述棱柱管(30)时覆盖燃料组件的侧表面; 以及配置在棱柱形管30上的按压部件37a,37b,并将棱柱形管30内的燃料保持架20压靠在棱柱形管30的内表面。 燃料保持器(20)的一端(23)形成为朝向燃料保持器(20)的内侧倾斜的锥形形状。 棱柱管(30)的一端设置有第一引导构件(40),该第一引导构件具有符合燃料保持器(20)的一端(23)形状的凹部(41)。

    CASK CUSHIONING BODY
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20130068578A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-21

    申请号:US13701073

    申请日:2011-06-28

    IPC分类号: G21F5/08

    CPC分类号: G21F5/08 G21F9/36

    摘要: A cask cushioning body includes an end-surface side member (2) in which a plurality of plates (21, 22) made of steel are formed at a distance between plate surfaces of the plates (21, 22) that face each other, and in which the plate surfaces of the plates (21, 22) are arranged along an end surface (100a) of a cask (100), and a circumferential-surface side member (3) that forms a cylindrical body (31) made of steel, one end of which is connected to a periphery of the end-surface side member (2), and that is arranged along an end-portion outer-circumferential surface (100b), wherein an impact absorber (4) that absorbs an impact by deforming is provided outside of the end-surface side member (2) and the circumferential-surface side member (3).

    摘要翻译: 一种桶式缓冲体,包括端面侧构件(2),在该端面侧构件(2)上形成有多个彼此相对的板(21,22)的板表面之间的距离的由钢制成的板(21,22),以及 其特征在于,所述板(21,22)的板面沿着桶(100)的端面(100a)配置,并且形成由钢制成的圆筒体(31)的周面侧部件(3) 其一端与端面侧构件(2)的周围连接,并且沿着端部外周面(100b)配置,其中,吸收冲击的冲击吸收体(4) 在端面侧构件(2)和周面侧构件(3)的外侧设置有变形。

    Container for transport of hazardous materials
    10.
    发明授权
    Container for transport of hazardous materials 有权
    集装箱运输危险品

    公开(公告)号:US07186994B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-03-06

    申请号:US10943286

    申请日:2004-09-17

    申请人: David M. Spruce

    发明人: David M. Spruce

    IPC分类号: G21F5/015 G21F5/08

    摘要: Apparatus and methods for shipping hazardous materials, such as radioactive liquids and materials, that comply with certain international and national regulations for the transport of hazardous materials. According to one embodiment, hazardous material samples are placed inside inner containers, such as glass bottles. Inner containers are placed inside secondary containers, surrounded and cushioned by high density polyethylene (“HDPE”) foam inserts. Secondary containers are placed inside cutouts in a HDPE custom insert. Custom insert is inside an outer container made with HDPE and held together with extruded aluminum hardware, closed-end aluminum and steel rivets, and a sealant applied to the seams.

    摘要翻译: 运送危险材料(如放射性液体和材料)的装置和方法,符合某些国际和国家有关危险材料运输的规定。 根据一个实施例,危险材料样品放置在诸如玻璃瓶的内部容器内。 内部容器放置在次级容器内,由高密度聚乙烯(“HDPE”)泡沫插入件包围和缓冲。 二次容器放置在HDPE定制插入件的切口内。 定制插件位于用HDPE制成的外部容器内,并与挤压铝制硬件,封闭式铝和钢铆钉一起保持在一起,并将密封剂应用于接缝。