Fail-safe storage rack for irradiated fuel rod assemblies
Patent
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OSTI ID:6313319
A fail-safe storage rack is provided for interim storage of spent but radioactive nuclear fuel rod assemblies. The rack consists of a checkerboard array of substantially square, elongate receiving tubes fully enclosed by a double walled container, the outer wall of which is imperforate for liquid containment and the inner wall of which is provided with perforations for admitting moderator liquid flow to the elongate receiving tubes, the liquid serving to take up waste heat from the stored nuclear assemblies and dissipate same to the ambient liquid reservoir. A perforated cover sealing the rack facilitates cooling liquid entry and dissipation.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC11-76PN00014
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 5196161; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-744746
- OSTI ID:
- 6313319
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 14 Aug 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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