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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2008
Robert L. Grubb, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jayant R. Bondre, Clarksville, MD (US);
Lise Wattez, Paris, FR;
Robert L. Grubb, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jayant R. Bondre, Clarksville, MD (US);
Lise Wattez, Paris, FR;
Transnuclear, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);
TN International, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Abstract
A long-term storage facility has an array of storage packages receiving respective cases containing radioactive materials. Each storage package has a lateral body delimiting a housing for receiving a case, the package body being closed at its top end and at its low end respectively by a removable head cover, and by a package base. The package base has a removable base cover, allowing insertion of the case via the low end of the body. The packages can be moved inside the facility by a mechanical lift. The facility includes a pivoting frame for swinging a storage package from a horizontal orientation in which the storage package is loaded to a vertical position in which the storage package is stored.