CONTAINER FOR TRANSPORT AND DRY STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL OF NUCLEAR REACTORS Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: shipment and storage of highly active wastes.

SUBSTANCE: proposed container for transport and dry storage of spent nuclear fuel has hermetically sealed storage tank and can holding spent nuclear fuel. In addition, it has external steel-reinforced concrete casing with outer and inner metal shells and bottom, cooling ducts, and fixing dampers. Hermetically sealed tank is provided with transport ring that holds shell in position relative to longitudinal axis of casing and with three detachable lids. It is also provided with dampers disposed over entire perimeter of inner cylindrical shell that function to lock cylindrical shell on lid and outer steel-reinforced concrete casing and to transfer heat therefrom. Cooling system is designed so that cooling air flows through cylindrical gap between outer surface of tank and inner surface of external steel-reinforced concrete casing over cooling ducts.

EFFECT: enhanced operating reliability of container.

5 cl, 4 dwg