Package for transporting and/or storing radioactive materials, comprising a radiological protection device reducing risks of radiological leaks
AssigneeOrano Nuclear Packages and Services
InventorsHervé Ripert, Yves Gourdon, Frédérick Bordes
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Abstract
A package for transporting and/or storing radioactive materials, comprises a cavity for housing radioactive materials, as well as a radiological protection device comprising radiological protection elements arranged in an annular space, at least two successive radiological protection elements along a given direction of the annular space, from a longitudinal direction and a circumferential direction, and a locking member designed to limit and/or prevent the distancing of the two radiological protection elements relative to one another in a given direction.
Claims19
A package for transporting and/or storing radioactive materials, comprising a cavity for housing radioactive materials, as well as a radiological protection device arranged around the housing cavity in an annular space centred on a longitudinal central axis of the package, the radiological protection device comprising:
- radiological protection elements arranged in the annular space;
- at least two successive radiological protection elements in a given direction of the annular space, from a longitudinal direction and a circumferential direction of this space;
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- a locking member designed to limit and/or prevent the distancing of the two radiological protection elements relative to one another in the given direction is provided in the space, the locking member cooperating with or being integrated in a first element from said two radiological protection elements, and cooperating with a hollow formed on a second element of the two radiological protection elements.
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