Lid actuation system for shielded cask

Morgan, James W.; Preuss, Donald E.; Nestor, Daniel M.

Title: Lid actuation system for shielded cask

Patent · Tue Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2013

OSTI ID:1531874

Morgan, James W.; Preuss, Donald E.; Nestor, Daniel M.

A lid system for a shielding cask is provided, the system comprising a plurality of contiguous panels, each panel is axially actuated by a first lift piston located laterally from the casks' longitudinal principal axis, and rotated about the cask by a ‘hinge’ piston at approximately 90 degrees along an arc from the first piston, the arc formed by a portion of the lip of the cask.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Assignee:: UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)

Patent Number(s):: 8,550,283

Application Number:: 13/205,520

OSTI ID:: 1531874

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2011-08-08

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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