Fail-safe storage rack for irradiated fuel rod assemblies
Abstract
A fail-safe storage rack is provided for interim storage of spent but radioactive nuclear fuel rod assemblies. The rack consists of a checkerboard array of substantially square, elongate receiving tubes fully enclosed by a double walled container, the outer wall of which is imperforate for liquid containment and the inner wall of which is provided with perforations for admitting moderator liquid flow to the elongate receiving tubes, the liquid serving to take up waste heat from the stored nuclear assemblies and dissipate same to the ambient liquid reservoir. A perforated cover sealing the rack facilitates cooling liquid entry and dissipation.
- Inventors:
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- Pocatello, ID
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868705
- Patent Number(s):
- 5196161
- Assignee:
- United States of America as repsented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21C - NUCLEAR REACTORS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC11-76PN00014
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fail-safe; storage; rack; irradiated; fuel; rod; assemblies; provided; interim; spent; radioactive; nuclear; consists; checkerboard; array; substantially; square; elongate; receiving; tubes; enclosed; double; walled; container; outer; wall; imperforate; liquid; containment; inner; perforations; admitting; moderator; flow; serving; waste; heat; stored; dissipate; ambient; reservoir; perforated; cover; sealing; facilitates; cooling; entry; dissipation; radioactive nuclear; cooling liquid; waste heat; liquid flow; outer wall; inner wall; nuclear fuel; fuel rod; double wall; irradiated fuel; rod assemblies; perforated cover; stored nuclear; storage rack; liquid containment; interim storage; fail-safe storage; double walled; /376/
Citation Formats
Lewis, Donald R. Fail-safe storage rack for irradiated fuel rod assemblies. United States: N. p., 1993.
Web.
Lewis, Donald R. Fail-safe storage rack for irradiated fuel rod assemblies. United States.
Lewis, Donald R. Fri .
"Fail-safe storage rack for irradiated fuel rod assemblies". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/868705.
@article{osti_868705,
title = {Fail-safe storage rack for irradiated fuel rod assemblies},
author = {Lewis, Donald R},
abstractNote = {A fail-safe storage rack is provided for interim storage of spent but radioactive nuclear fuel rod assemblies. The rack consists of a checkerboard array of substantially square, elongate receiving tubes fully enclosed by a double walled container, the outer wall of which is imperforate for liquid containment and the inner wall of which is provided with perforations for admitting moderator liquid flow to the elongate receiving tubes, the liquid serving to take up waste heat from the stored nuclear assemblies and dissipate same to the ambient liquid reservoir. A perforated cover sealing the rack facilitates cooling liquid entry and dissipation.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1993},
month = {1}
}
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