Cover construction for shielding containers for the storage and transporation of irradiated fuel elements

Patent · Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5601387

Ahner, S; Knackstedt, H; Strostlik, P

There is provided a cover construction for a shielding container for the transportation and storage of fuel elements essentially consisting of an inner shielding cover and an outer transportation cover flanged on the cover. The inner shielding cover consists of a fixed cover portion and a moveable cover portion provided at the rim of the cover with claws, whereby the claws are fitted into corresponding openings of the top of the container and the connection between the fixed cover portion and the moveable cover portion takes place through a screw carried into the moveable portion and a pin fitting into the fixed portion.

• Assignee: Transnuklear Gmbh (Germany, Federal Republic Of)
• Patent Number(s): US 4302680
• OSTI ID: 5601387
• Resource Relation: Patent Priority Date: Priority date 7 Aug 1978, Germany, Federal Republic of (F.R. Germany); Other Information: PAT-APPL-055405
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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