Fire resistant nuclear fuel cask
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a fire resistant nuclear fuel cask employing reversibly thermally expansible bands between adjacent cooling fins such that normal outward flow of heat is not interfered with, but abnormal inward flow of heat is impeded or blocked.
- Inventors:
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- Albuquerque, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 863320
- Patent Number(s):
- 4147938
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(29-1)-789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fire; resistant; nuclear; fuel; cask; disclosure; directed; employing; reversibly; thermally; expansible; bands; adjacent; cooling; fins; normal; outward; flow; heat; interfered; abnormal; inward; impeded; blocked; cooling fins; nuclear fuel; resistant nuclear; fuel cask; fire resistant; /250/376/976/
Citation Formats
Heckman, Richard C, and Moss, Marvin. Fire resistant nuclear fuel cask. United States: N. p., 1979.
Web.
Heckman, Richard C, & Moss, Marvin. Fire resistant nuclear fuel cask. United States.
Heckman, Richard C, and Moss, Marvin. Mon .
"Fire resistant nuclear fuel cask". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/863320.
@article{osti_863320,
title = {Fire resistant nuclear fuel cask},
author = {Heckman, Richard C and Moss, Marvin},
abstractNote = {The disclosure is directed to a fire resistant nuclear fuel cask employing reversibly thermally expansible bands between adjacent cooling fins such that normal outward flow of heat is not interfered with, but abnormal inward flow of heat is impeded or blocked.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979}
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