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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:
May. 02, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan H Wells, Duluth, GA (US);
Thomas C Thompson, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Nuclear Assurance Corporation, Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2505071 ; 2505061 ;
Abstract
A spent nuclear fuel shipping basket has a plurality of tubes of corrosion resistant material, each tube being adapted to contain a spent nuclear fuel rod assembly. The tubes are arranged in a geometric pattern within a circular cask, and are totally independent of each other, with neutron poisoning material between adjacent tubes. Filler blocks of heat absorbing material which may also contain neutron poisoning material are inserted into the empty spaces between the tubes and the wall of the cask, and are independent of both tubes and wall.