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7524438 Unsaturated polyester-based material for neutron-shielding and for maintaining sub-criticality  
The invention concerns a neutron shielding material for maintaining sub-criticality based on unsaturated polymer: Said material comprises an unsaturated polyester resin, at least an inorganic boron...
7485884 Radioactive substance container, manufacturing apparatus thereof and manufacturing method thereof  
In the metal billet to be used for hot dilation forming, a forward side with respect to the pressing direction has a quadrate section and its diagonal length is not more than an inner diameter of a...
7474726 Unirradiated nuclear fuel component transport system  
An unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly component transport system that includes a clamshell-type inner liner that opens either along its axial dimension or from the top to load and unload the fuel...
7372933 Radioactive-material container, metal gasket for sealing the radioactive-material container, and method of manufacturing the metal gasket  
A radioactive-material container includes a container body that shields nuclear radiation, which includes a cavity that stores a basket containing a recycle fuel assembly, a lid that covers the...
7351989 Fiber-reinforced concrete cask, supporting frame for molding thereof and process for producing the concrete cask  
The object of this invention is to provide a fiber-reinforced concrete cask that ensures easy working, enables reducing working cost, excels in strength, durability and heat resistance and enables...
7342989 Apparatuses and methods for mechanical shielding and cooling  
A transport or storage cask comprises a cask body, a modular thermal conducting and shielding system and a mechanical attachment. The modular thermal conducting and shielding system includes a...
7330526 System and method of storing high level waste  
A system and method for storing high level waste. In one aspect, the invention is a system comprising: an inner shell forming a cavity for receiving high level waste, the cavity having a top and a...
7330525 Method and apparatus for maximizing radiation shielding during cask transfer procedures  
A transfer cask for maximizing the radiation shielding for spent nuclear fuel during cask transfer procedures has a cylindrical inner shell forming a cavity within which a spent nuclear fuel...
7327821 Cask, composition for neutron shielding body, and method of manufacturing the neutron shielding body  
A cask includes a trunk body that includes a basket having a square pipe or a plate member forming a cell that contains a spent fuel assembly, and a neutron shield that is formed by filling a...
7286626 Neutron absorbing coating for nuclear criticality control  
A neutron absorbing coating for use on a substrate, and which provides nuclear criticality control is described and which includes a nickel, chromium, molybdenum, and gadolinium alloy having less...
7272204 Method and apparatus for clamping a riser brace assembly in nuclear reactor  
An apparatus and method are provided which are designed to structurally replace welds that attach a riser brace assembly to a jet pump riser pipe. The riser brace assembly may include an upper...
7215728 Spent fuel housing square pipe, basket and spent fuel housing container  
Corner of each square pipe is molded into a terrace shape having steps. When a basket is constructed by these square pipes, steps of adjoining square pipes are assembled together face to face. Fuel...
7194060 Cask and method of manufacturing the cask  
Heat conductive fins ( 107 ) are welded along both sides of a belt-like member ( 105 a ) with a margin left along edges of the both sides, thereby to form a unit ( 105 c ). The unit ( 105 c ) is...
7177384 Aluminum composite material, manufacturing method therefor, and basket and cask using the same  
A basket has a lattice-like section for accommodating individual used nuclear fuel in predetermined positions in a cask. The basket is made from aluminum composite material having good neutron...
7139358 Below grade cask transfer facility  
A system and method for transferring a canister of spent nuclear fuel from a transfer cask to a receiving cask. In one aspect, the system comprises a below grade opening adapted for receiving a...
7068748 Underground system and apparatus for storing spent nuclear fuel  
A system and method for storing spent nuclear fuel below grade that affords adequate ventilation of the spent fuel storage cavity. In one aspect, the invention is a system comprising: a body having...
6990166 Closed vessel for radioactive substance, seal-welding method for closed vessel, and exhaust system used for seal-welding method  
A primary lid is set in a top opening of a vessel body that contains radioactive substance, and closes the top opening. The peripheral edge portion of the primary lid is welded to the inner...
6978530 Basket assembly fixture and method of use  
A basket assembly fixture is useful in the construction of a basket assembly for interring spent nuclear fuel rods. The basket assembly fixture has an elongate base and a pair of lifting beams...
6958483 Container device for the storage of hazardous materials and a method of making it  
A container device ( 10 ) for storing hazardous material comprises a substantially cylindrical container block which has a central axial cylindrical through passage ( 13 ) and includes a group of...
6902697 Method of manufacturing a radioactive-substance storage member, billet for use in extrusion of the same, and square pipe  
An aluminum powder is mixed with a neutron absorber powder through cold isostatic press to form a preliminary molding. The preliminary molding is then subjected to sintering under no pressure in...
6898258 Cask  
In the cask, a shape within a cavity of a barrel main body is formed in a shape corresponding to an outer shape of a basket. The basket has a structure obtained by alternately piling up plate-like...
6891914 Absorbing rod, an apparatus for inserting the absorbing rod, a cask, and a method of storing spent fuel assemblies  
The absorbing rods have a nearly the same shape as the shape of columnar control rods for PWR used in reactivity control of core in a reactor. The absorbing rods can shield neutrons, and are...
6891913 Nuclear storage overpack door actuator and alignment apparatus  
The invention is a door actuator and alignment apparatus for opening and closing the 15,000-pound horizontally sliding door of a storage overpack. The door actuator includes a ball screw mounted...
6885719 Method and compositions for grouting decommissioned nuclear reactor components  
A method for grouting a decommissioned nuclear reactor containing residual water. A first, water-absorbent grout is used to grout the bottom portion of the reactor vessel. The water-absorbent grout...
6873673 Device for storing heat generating material and a vessel for such device  
A device for storing heat-generating hazardous material, particularly radio-active fuel for nuclear reactors, comprises a substantially cylindrical, reinforced concrete body ( 11 ) with a...
6853697 Hermetically sealable transfer cask  
An apparatus, transfer cask, system, and method for defueling a nuclear reactor and transferring spent nuclear fuel from a spent nuclear fuel to a storage cask for long terms storage. In one...
6839395 Cask and production method for cask  
Heat conductive fins are welded along both sides of a belt-like member with a margin left along edges of the both sides, thereby to form a unit. The unit is welded to a body with the heat...
6825483 Container for nuclear fuel transportation  
A transport container for nuclear fuel is provided with an outer container having internal insulation, the insulation defining an internal cavity. The cavity receives a plurality of fuel containers...
6823034 Closure mechanism and method for spent nuclear fuel canisters  
A canister is provided for storing, transporting, and/or disposing of spent nuclear fuel. The canister includes a canister shell, a top shield plug disposed within the canister, and a leak-tight...
6802671 Installation for very long term storage of heat-generating products such as nuclear waste  
A very long term storage installation for calorific products such as nuclear waste, comprises at least one closed cavity ( 10 ), in which at least one product confinement container is housed ( 14...
6788755 Safe lift and process for transporting canisters of spent nuclear fuel  
A system and method for moving a canister of spent nuclear fuel from a first location, which may be within a nuclear power generation facility to a second location such as a storage cask that is...
6785355 Method and system for manufacturing storage container for storing nuclear fuel  
A method for storing nuclear fuel in a container ( 10 ) including a concrete body and a fuel receiver embedded in the concrete body, comprises the steps of: providing formwork ( 62 ) for the...
6771731 Device for storage of hazardous material  
A device ( 10 ) for storage of hazardous material, especially heat-producing hazardous material, such as radioactive spent nuclear reactor fuel, comprises a substantially cylindrical reinforced...
6748042 Unirradiated nuclear fuel component transport system  
An unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly component transport system that includes a clamshell-type inner liner that opens along its axial dimension to load and unload the fuel component being...
6744841 Method for carrying equipment out of nuclear power plant  
A method of carrying equipment out of a nuclear reactor building that, in carrying equipment rendered radioactive out of a nuclear reactor building, makes it possible to shorten the operating time...
6741669 Neutron absorber systems and method for absorbing neutrons  
A neutron absorber system for a nuclear fuel storage rack includes a neutron absorber, which is adapted to attach to a plurality of cell walls of a cell of the nuclear fuel storage rack. The...
6731714 Method for measuring tritium activity in a radioactive waste drum  
The invention relates to a method of measuring the tritium activity of a drum ( 1 ) of radioactive waste containing a quantity of radioactive waste ( 2 ) and a free volume, the method consisting of...
6727510 Transportation vessel for radioactive substance and method of loading closed vessel  
A canister containing spent fuel assemblies is contained in a body of a transportation cask. A top opening of a vessel body of the canister is closed by a lid welded to the vessel body. A...
6724853 Lifting lug for nuclear-waste container  
A lifting lug for a nuclear-waste container has a tubular body having an inner end formed with a flange adapted to be bolted to the container and a transverse wall set in and tightly fitted to a...
6718000 Ventilated vertical overpack  
An apparatus, system, and method of storing and transferring a canister of spent nuclear fuel. In one aspect, the apparatus is a lid for a ventilated vertical overpack having a chamber for...
6714617 Disposal of radiation waste in glacial ice  
Encapsulating calcined radioactive waste in strong, corrosion-resistant spheres of dimensions such that heat from the radiation melts the ice at a rate which brings the spheres to the bottom of the...
6708394 Basket assembly fixture  
A basket assembly fixture is useful in the construction of a basket assembly for interring spent nuclear fuel rods. The basket assembly fixture has an elongate base and a pair of lifting beams...
6696695 Storage container for hazardous material  
A storage container for hazardous material, especially heat-generating hazardous material, comprises a central elongate, generally cylindrical concrete body having an elongate, sealable interior...
6683931 Unirradiated nuclear fuel transport system  
An unirradiated nuclear fuel assembly transport canister that includes a clamshell type fuel assembly inner liner that has interior dimensions that closely conform to the outer envelope of the fuel...
6680994 Monitoring the contents of a container by ultrasonic means  
The contents of a container 1 are non-intrusively monitored by probing the container with an ultrasonic signal, and measuring changes in the ultrasound signature of the received signal after the...
6674827 Segmented lattice rack to store fuels coming from nuclear reactors  
A segmented lattice rack to store fuels coming from nuclear reactors, whose walls are made of plates joined orthogonally forming a mesh defining multiple cell cavities which are longitudinally...
6665365 Storage container for radioactive materials  
The basket comprises a bundle of tubes ( 10 ) connected to each other by an assembly structure ( 14 ) so as to form a regular network of compartments ( 16 ). Cross pieces ( 12 ) are placed between...
6660972 Container for storing hazardous material and a method of enclosing hazardous material in a concrete container body  
A container for storing hazardous material and a method of enclosing hazardous material in a concrete container body defining a storage space and having an access opening for introducing the...
6639236 Radioactive material container  
A shielded rack loader makes use of a loading rack movable between a shielding structure and a storage tube. A shield plug seals the storage tube. A hoist moves the shield plug and the loading...
6625247 Cask and production method of cask, and embedded form  
A lightweight cask comprises a barrel body which shields gamma rays. A resin which shields neutrons is provided on the periphery of the barrel body. A basket is made of a plurality of square pipes...