Lid design for low level waste container

Patent · Tue Feb 28 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:27704

Holbrook, R H; Keener, W E

A container for low level waste includes a shell and a lid. The lid has a frame to which a planar member is welded. The lid frame includes a rectangular outer portion made of square metal tubing, a longitudinal beam extending between axial ends of the rectangular outer portion, and a transverse beam extending between opposite lateral sides of the rectangular outer portion. Two pairs of diagonal braces extend between the longitudinal beam and the four corners of the rectangular outer portion of the frame. 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• Assignee: Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 5,392,946/A/
• Application Number: PAN: 8-068,023
• OSTI ID: 27704
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 28 Feb 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
05 NUCLEAR FUELS
CONTAINERS
COVERINGS
DESIGN
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MATERIALS HANDLING
OPERATION
SUPPORTS