CONVEYER FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL TRANSPORT AND/OR STORAGE Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: mobile safety containers designed for transport and/or storage of spent nuclear fuel. SUBSTANCE: container designed for handling environmentally hazardous materials has body in the form of internal and external shells with insert in-between, as well as cover and bottom joined to body. Insert is made in the form of rolled flexible sheet material. Outer size of roll corresponds to that of internal shell and its inner size, to that of external shell. External and internal shells and insert are joined together. Proposed mechanical design of container makes it practically feasible, provides for dispensing with jointing unlike materials and for preventing throughout destruction of container in emergency situations. EFFECT: improved safety of environmentally hazardous wastes in transport and storage under impact loads and in emergency situations. 7 cl, 4 dwg