Ventilated vertical overpack
AssigneeHoltec International
InventorsKrishna P. Singh, Stephen J. Agace
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method of storing and transferring a canister of spent nuclear fuel. In one aspect, the apparatus is a lid for a ventilated vertical overpack having a chamber for receiving spent nuclear fuel, the lid having ventilation ducts. In one aspect, the system comprises: a lid for a ventilated vertical overpack having a chamber for receiving spent nuclear fuel, the lid having ventilation ducts; and a ventilated vertical overpack having a cylindrical body including lower ventilation ducts, a bottom, and a chamber formed by the body and the bottom adapted for receiving a canister of spent nuclear fuel.
Claims21
A lid for a ventilated vertical overpack having a chamber for receiving spent nuclear fuel, the lid having ventilation means.
A lid body for a ventilated vertical overpack having a chamber for receiving spent nuclear fuel, the body lid having ventilation means and being adapted to be secured between a ventilated vertical overpack body and a lid cap.
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