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Low cost, minimum weight fuel assembly storage cask and method of construction thereof

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5429238
This patent describes a cask for the storage of a radioactive structure having a polygonal cross- section. It comprises a shield wall assembly for defining a cask interior that is polygonal in cross-section and complementary in shape to the structure, consisting of flat metallic wall plate members having uniform thicknesses and mutually parallel and adjoined side edges; a floor plate attached to the bottom of the wall assembly, and a lid detachably connectable to the top of the wall assembly.
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 5063299
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-533515
OSTI ID:
5429238
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English