Primary Inventor: Krishna P. Singh
Contributing Inventor(s): Paul Stefan Anton, Robert Mahorter
Date: Dec. 8, 2020
Status: Granted
Jurisdiction: US
Equipment Type: HI-STORM
Docket Number: HOL-107
Application Number: 16/690,228
Patent Number: US 10,861,612 B2
Prior Publication Data: US 2019/0103197 A1, Apr. 4, 2019
Related U.S. Publication Data:
- Continuation of application No. 16/086,961, filed as application No. PCT/US2017/022648 on Mar. 16, 2017, now Pat. No. US 10,515,730 B2
- Provisional application No. 62/311,540, filed on Mar. 22, 2016.
Abstract: A ventilated apparatus for storing and/or transporting high level radioactive waste. In one aspect, the invention is a ventilated apparatus comprising: an overpack body having an inner surface forming a cavity about a longitudinal axis. A bottom portion of the overpack body is formed by a plurality of segments. Each of the segments extends from a first end wall having a projection to a second end wall having a channel. The segments circumferentially surround a longitudinal axis and are arranged in an intermeshing and spaced-apart configuration such that the projections of the first end walls of the segments project into the channels of the second end walls of adjacent ones of the segments, thereby forming inlet ducts between adjacent ones of the segments. The inlet ducts form air inlet passageways from the external atmosphere to a bottom portion of the cavity.