Container for the transportation of irradiated fuel elements and

Details Container for the transportation of irradiated fuel elements and Container for the transportation of irradiated fuel elements and

1976-12-23

1980-08-26

Anderson, Bruce C.

Radiant energy

Radiation controlling means

Shielded receptacles for radioactive sources

250506, 250518, G21F 500

Patent

active

042197350

ABSTRACT:
A container is described for the transportation of irradiated fuel elements hose criticality can be controlled by means of internally disposed neutron poison needles, wherein said container comprises, parallel to the compartments intended for the fuel elements, at least as many compartments as needles necessary for the fuel elements to be transported, these compartments being constructed such that not only can neutron poison needles be housed therein, but can also be easily introduced and extracted after removal of the lid of the container, these compartments being arranged in the body of the container or in its internal basket with dispositions such that the shielding characteristics are not affected.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2904487 (1959-09-01), Dickson
patent: 3046403 (1962-07-01), Montgomery
patent: 3229096 (1966-01-01), Bonilla et al.
patent: 3859533 (1975-01-01), Suvanto
patent: 4034227 (1977-07-01), Soot

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