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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Konrad Gluschke, Wickede, DE;
Rudolf Diersch, Essen, DE;
Dieter Methling, Hattingen, DE;
Joachim Heidenreich, Oer-Erkenschwick, DE;
Assignee:
GNB Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Behalter mbH, Essen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/907 ; G21F 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 1/907 ; G21F 5/00 ;
Abstract
A transport/storage container for spent nuclear-fuel elements has spaced inner and outer side walls defining an annular space extending along an axis, a cover at one end of the side walls, a floor at an opposite end of the side walls, and a plurality of heat-conducting elements in the space and each having one edge fixed, for instance by welding or bolting, to one of the side walls and an opposite edge bearing radially elastically on the other of the side walls.