Storage container for radioactive materials
AssigneeSociete pour les Transports de l'Industrie Nucleaire Transnucleaire
InventorsMaurice Dallongeville, Christophe Vallentin
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Abstract
The basket comprises a bundle of tubes (10) connected to each other by an assembly structure (14) so as to form a regular network of compartments (16). Cross pieces (12) are placed between the tubes (10) so as to define a second wall approximately continuous around each compartment (16) surrounding the first wall materialized by tubes (10) and at least partially in contact with this wall. Thus, baskets with compartments with arbitrarily shaped cross sections, and particularly square, rectangular, hexagonal or circular cross sections, can be made for a limited cost.
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Storage basket for radioactive materials comprising several prismatic metallic tubes (10) laid out as a bundle and assembly means (14) grouping the tubes (10) parallel to each other along a regular network, in order to form several adjacent compartments (16) in which the said radioactive materials can be placed, each of the tubes (10) materializing an approximately continuous wall of a corresponding compartment (16), the said basket being characterized in that it also comprises several metallic cross pieces (12) each including at least three flanges (18) connected to each other through a common edge, the cross pieces (12) being placed between the tubes (10) in order to define a second approximately continuous wall around the first wall of each compartment (16) and in at least partial contact with it.
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