Cagnon et al., 1987 - Google Patents
Design and demonstration of the TN-24 spent fuel cask for dry storage and transportCagnon et al., 1987
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- 6323098758889617558
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- Cagnon R
- Mason M
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- Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials (PATRAM'86): Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials
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Storage of spent fuel is a common problem for many nuclear power plant operators worldwide. A shortage of space will soon become a reality because spent fuel storage pools, even after ro-racking, are too small for plant lifetimes, which, in turn, are tending increasingly …
- 239000002915 spent fuel radioactive waste 0 title abstract description 6
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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
- G21F5/00—Transportable or portable shielded containers
- G21F5/005—Containers for solid radioactive wastes, e.g. for ultimate disposal
- G21F5/008—Containers for fuel elements
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- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
- G21F5/00—Transportable or portable shielded containers
- G21F5/06—Details of, or accessories to, the containers
- G21F5/12—Closures for containers; Sealing arrangements
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- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO NUCLEAR REACTORS, POWER PLANTS AND EXPLOSIVES, TO PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION, TO THE TREATMENT OF RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL, TO APPLICATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCES AND TO THE UTILISATION OF COSMIC RADIATION
- G21Y2002/00—PROBLEM
- G21Y2002/104—Inadequate performance, deformation, cracks, rupture
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- G21C19/00—Arrangements for treating, for handling, or for facilitating the handling of, fuel or other materials which are used within the reactor, e.g. within its pressure vessel
- G21C19/02—Details of handling arrangements
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- G21C3/02—Fuel elements
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- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21Y—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO NUCLEAR REACTORS, POWER PLANTS AND EXPLOSIVES, TO PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION, TO THE TREATMENT OF RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL, TO APPLICATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE SOURCES AND TO THE UTILISATION OF COSMIC RADIATION
- G21Y2002/00—PROBLEM
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