Primary Inventor: Krishna P. Singh
Contributing Inventor(s): Stephen J. Agace
Date of Patent Issuance: January 25, 2018
Status: Published
Jurisdiction: US
Assignee: Holtec International, Inc.
Equipment Type: Fuel Basket
Docket Number: HOL-017
Publication Number: US 2018/0025796 A1
Application Number: 15/671,830
Related U.S. Application Data:
- Continuation of application No. 14/072,672, previously published as US 2014/0105347 A1, and now Patent No. US 9,728,284 B2
- Continuation of application No. 12/260,914, filed on March 21, 2008, previously published as US 2009/0175404, now Patent No. US 8,576,976 B2.
- Provisional application No. 61/038,525, filed on March 21, 2008, provisional application No. 60/983,566, filed on October 29, 2007.
Abstract: Apparatus for supporting radioactive fuel assemblies, such as spent nuclear fuel. In one aspect, the invention is an apparatus, which can be in the form of a fuel basket, fuel rack, or the like, in which hexagonal storage tubes are used not only for their internal cells but are also strategically patterned to create resultant cells with their outside surfaces. In another aspect, the invention is an apparatus having flux traps surrounding each cell wherein the size of the flux traps decrease with distance from the center of the storage grid.