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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Hitachi-ge Nuclear Energy, Ltd., Hitachi, JP;
Inventor:
Yusuke Shimizu, Hitachi, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd., Hitachi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/07 (2006.01); G21C 19/32 (2006.01); G21C 19/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 19/07 (2013.01); G21C 19/32 (2013.01); G21C 19/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reactor building includes a spent fuel pool, spent fuel racks, and traveling rails. The spent fuel racks are located in the spent fuel pool and are configured to store nuclear spent fuel. A protection slab is located above the spent fuel racks. The traveling rails are fixed to a lower surface of the protection slab. The rails are parallel to each other. The spent fuel racks are located between the rails. A fuel transfer machine is suspended from the rails.