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