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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Serge Fantini, Saint Genies de Comolas, FR;
Serge Fantini, Saint Genies de Comolas, FR;
Areva NC, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A cask for loading at least one nuclear fuel assembly in a transport container, including a body with a longitudinal axis (X) capable of sealably covering an upper end of a container, at least one aperture () for letting through a fuel assembly, at least one means for connecting to pneumatic confinement means and at least one means () capable of maintaining a means () for sealing a chamber of the container inside the cask and at a distance from an entrance of said chamber during loading, wherein the maintaining means () includes a first arm () rotationally mobile around a first axis and a second arm () attached to the first arm () and rotationally mobile relatively to the first arm, said cask also including external means for controlling the arms (), and wherein the second arm () includes a housing () for receiving the sealing means.