Hitachi, Ltd.

Hidetoshi Kanai

Masashi Oda

Masashi Shimizu

Keiichiro Shibata

Koichi Maki

Naoki Kumagai

Masami Matsuda

Tsuneyasu Yamanaka

Takao Ganda

A dry radioactive substance storage facility stores spent fuel assemblies from nuclear power plants. The facility comprises a structure having a storage room storing storage tubes containing spent fuel assemblies. An air inlet duct defining an air inlet passage through which air is supplied into the storage room and a stack defining an air discharge passage through which air from the storage room is discharged outside are connected to the storage room. Radiation shielding members are disposed on the side of the air inlet duct and on the side of the stack, respectively, in the storage room to intercept radiation propagating toward the air inlet passage and the air discharge passage.

Dry radioactive substance storage facility

A dry radioactive substance storage facility stores spent fuel assemblies from nuclear power plants. The facility comprises a structure having a storage room storing storage tubes containing spent fuel assemblies. An air inlet duct defining an air inlet passage through which air is supplied into the storage room and an stack defining an air discharged passage through which air from the storage room is discharge outside are connected to the storage room. Radiation shielding members are disposed on the side of the air inlet duct and on the side of the stack, respectively, in the storage room to intercept radiation propagating toward the air inlet passage and the air discharge passage.

Horizontal partition wall 10 is disposed between ceiling slab 9 and floor slab 8. A plurality of storage tubes 6 each accomodating canister 2 are hanging from ceiling slab 9, and penetrate horizontal wall 10 to extend towards floor slab 8. Cooling passages are formed between horizontal partition wall 10 and ceiling slab 9 and between horizontal partition wall 10 and floor slab 8. Cooling air flowing through each of the cooling passages cools down storage tubes 6.

Radioactive waste storage facility

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Jyuou-machi, Japan

Hidetoshi Kanai