Cask handling system and method
AssigneeMHE Technologies, Inc.
InventorsSteven K. Waisanen, Joe Yustus
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Abstract
A system and method for removing spent fuel assemblies from a fuel building and transporting them to on-site facilities. A cask transporter is moved into the fuel building with an empty spent fuel storage cask, spent fuel assemblies are loaded into spent fuel storage cask, the cask is sealed, and the cask transporter moves the loaded spent fuel storage cask to a handling area for final disposal. Components of the system include a penetration cover, a lifting mechanism, a control system, a valve system, and the cask transporter.
Claims18
A system for removing spent nuclear fuel from a fuel pool having a penetration comprising:
- a handling mechanism located at a fixed position below the penetration of the fuel pool;
- a transporter configured to move a cask below the handling mechanism;
- wherein the handling mechanism is configured to raise the cask from the transporter to the penetration and to support the cask as the cask is secured to the penetration;
- and
- wherein the transporter and the handling mechanism is configured to move the transporter away from the handling mechanism after the cask is raised off of the transporter by the handling mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.