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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1974
Kenneth H Dufrane, Orchard Park, NY (US);
Jack D Rollins, Rosewell, GA (US);
Ralph E Best, Aiken, SC (US);
Victor J Barnhart, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Clifford J Anderson, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Thomas H Cox, Damascus, MD (US);
Robert R Riggs, Edgewood, MD (US);
Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
A cask has an inner rectangular enclosure of stainless steel fitting, with a slight clearance in the similarly shaped interior of a generally rectangular body of depleted uranium serving as a gamma ray shield. A cylindrical shell surrounds the generally rectangular gamma ray shield and copper partitions divide the annular space therebetween into a plurality of compartments for a neutron absorbing liquid. Flow paths between compartments are provided without removing copper from the partitions or interrupting any radial heat conduction path of any partition. Transverse partitions in certain of the compartments provide for holding the radial thickness of the liquid generally uniform throughout the circumference of the cask.