Areva Gmbh

Tn Americas LLC

William Bracey

Uwe Wolf

Jayant Rajabhau Bondre

Thomas Van Riper

Kamran Tavassoli

Raheel Haroon

Zhaojuan He

Anthony Villaflores

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems, components, and methods for transferring canisters containing radioactive material, for example, from a container assembly using a transfer assembly to a horizontal storage module (HSM). Systems in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure include, for example, a vertical to horizontal (VTH) transfer station for a canister and method of transfer, a horizontal to horizontal (HTH) transfer station for a canister and methods of transfer, a transport wagon system for transporting a canister to a horizontal storage module (HSM), and an HSM system for long-term storage of a canister.

Spent fuel storage system, components, and methods of use

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

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West Orange, NJ, United States of America

William Bracey