System for Transportation of Highly Enriched Uranium Hexafluoride

Abstract

A container for storing high assay low enriched uranium hexafluoride (UF6) has a cylindrical lateral wall extending between first and second heads defining a container interior for receiving the radioactive material. A plurality of cylindrical poison rods extend in parallel through the container interior. Each of the poison rods has a neutron absorber. A plurality of access nozzles are situated within the first head and/or second head. Each of the access nozzles has a lateral wall defining a throughway that extends through the first head between an interior end region and an exterior end region. The interior end region captures and supports a respective end of a respective poison rod. The exterior end region is opened and closed via respectively detaching and attaching an end cap to thereby respectively expose and contain the respective poison rod.

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