Areva Gmbh

Transnuclear, Inc.

Tn International

Tn Americas LLC

Jayant Rajabhau Bondre

Uwe Wolf

William Bracey

Thomas Van Riper

Kamran Tavassoli

Raheel Haroon

Robert L Grubb

Ernesto Cruz Villaflores

Lise Wattez

Peter Shih

Ioan Florea

Marlin L Stoltz

A basket assembly for receiving a plurality of fuel assemblies includes a basket having a grid defining spacing between fuel assembly compartments, the grid defining a first compartment for receiving a first fuel assembly and a second compartment for receiving a second fuel assembly, wherein the cross-sectional area of the second compartment is larger than the cross-sectional area of the first compartment. The basket assembly is configured to receive in the first compartment a first fuel assembly, the first fuel assembly being a regular fuel assembly, and the basket assembly configured to receive in the second compartment a second fuel assembly, the second fuel assembly being an irregular fuel assembly, wherein the irregular fuel assembly includes at least one irregular fuel rod.

Modular basket assembly for fuel assemblies

A concrete storage module () is adapted to slideably receive a cylindrical canister assembly () therein. Heat dissipation fins () and a tubular heat shield () are disposed within the module to help dissipate heat emitted from the nuclear fuel assemblies stored in the canister to air flowing through the module. The canister assembly () is composed of a basket assembly () constructed from multi-layer structural plates disposed in cross-cross or egg carton configuration. A single port tool () is provided for draining water from the canister () and replacing the drain water with make-up gas. The single port tool is mounted in the cover () of the canister and is in fluid flow communication with the interior of the canister.

System for storage and transportation of spent nuclear fuel

A long-term storage facility has an array of storage packages receiving respective cases containing radioactive materials. Each storage package has a lateral body delimiting a housing for receiving a case, the package body being closed at its top end and at its low end respectively by a removable head cover, and by a package base. The package base has a removable base cover, allowing insertion of the case via the low end of the body. The packages can be moved inside the facility by a mechanical lift. The facility includes a pivoting frame for swinging a storage package from a horizontal orientation in which the storage package is loaded to a vertical position in which the storage package is stored.

Long-term storage site for radioactive materials

A partition support assembly for a canister assembly generally includes at least one inner support ring configured to support one or more partitions for dividing the interior of the canister assembly for packaging contents to be received within the canister assembly, wherein the one or more partitions are configurable in a plurality of packaging orientations. A canister assembly and a method for containing packaging contents are also provided.

Partition support and canister assemblies for packaging contents and methods of containing same

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