Primary Inventor: Krishna P. Singh
Contributing Inventor(s): Stephen J. Agace
Date of Publication: June 7, 2018
Status: Published
Jurisdiction: US
Assignee: Holtec International, Inc.
Equipment Type: DWC
Docket Number: HOL-013
Application Number: 16/002,325
Publication Number: US 2018/0277273 A1
Prior Publication Data: Application No. 14/590,506, previously published as US 2016/0372224, and now Patent No. US 10,026,514 B2
Related US Application Data:
- Division of application No. 13/418,930, previously published as US 2013/0070885 A1, and now Patent No. US 8,929,504 B2, which is a division of Application No. 11/851,352 filed on September 6, 2007, previously published as US 2008/0069291 A1 on March 20, 2008, now Patent No. US 8,135,107 B2.
Also Published as:UKR 104989
Abstract: A canister apparatus, basket apparatus and combinations thereof for transporting and/or storing high level radioactive waste, such as spent nuclear fuel. The canister apparatus comprises a cavity for receiving the spent nuclear fuel that is surrounded by two independent gas-tight containment boundaries. The structures that form the two independent gas-tight containment boundaries are in substantially continuous surface contact with one another, thereby facilitating sufficient heat removal from the cavity. In another aspect, the invention is a basket apparatus having a plurality of disk-like grates arranged in a stacked and spaced arrangement so that the cells of the disk-like grates are aligned. In still another aspect, the invention can be a basket apparatus having a disk-like grate having a ring-like structure encompassing a gridwork of beams specially arranged to achieve a unique cell configuration.