Container for radioactive waste
AssigneeIngecid, S.L.
InventorsJokin RICO ARENAL, Diego RODRÍGUEZ SAEZ
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Abstract
A radioactive waste container, suitable for housing a canister or rack (C) containing the waste constituting a source of radioactive emission; and comprising: an inner containment barrier (1) against photon radiation, delimiting a housing for the canister or rack (C) containing the radioactive waste to be stored and comprising: an inner cylindrical steel ferrule (11), a base (12) and a lid (13); an outer containment barrier (2) against photon radiation, forming the outer surface of the container (10) and comprising: an outer cylindrical steel ferrule (21), a base (22) and a lid (23) and, an intermediate concrete layer (3) arranged between said inner (11) and outer (21) ferrules and forming a shield against neutron radiation.
Claims18
A radioactive waste container, suitable for housing a canister or rack (C) containing the waste constituting a source of radioactive emission;
- characterized in that it comprises:
- an inner containment barrier (1) against photon radiation, delimiting a housing for the canister or the rack (C) for the radioactive waste to be stored, and comprising:
- a cylindrical inner steel ferrule (11), a base (12) and a lid (13);
- an outer containment barrier (2) against photon radiation, forming the outer surface of the container (10), and comprising:
- a cylindrical outer steel ferrule (21), a base (22) and a lid (23), and
- an intermediate concrete layer (3) arranged between said inner (11) and outer (21) ferrules, and forming a shield against neutron radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.