Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spent fuel storage rack
- Patent Title (中): 耗油储存架
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Application No.: US12373059Application Date: 2008-02-12
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Publication No.: US08223914B2Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Manabu Maeda
- Applicant: Manabu Maeda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-032378 20070213
- International Application: PCT/JP2008/052272 WO 20080212
- International Announcement: WO2008/099815 WO 20080821
- Main IPC: G21C19/00
- IPC: G21C19/00

Abstract:
A spent fuel storage rack 1 according to the present invention is installed in a fuel storage pool of a nuclear facility, and has a rectangular parallelepiped shape forming a plurality of lattice-like cells 2a that are configured to separately accommodate a plurality of fuel assemblies in a matrix of rows and columns. As shown in FIG. 1, the spent fuel storage rack 1 includes: a base 17 configured to support lower parts of fuel assemblies, the base 17 forming a bottom surface of the spent fuel storage rack 1; an outer frame 3 located above the base 17, the outer frame 3 forming an outermost periphery of the spent fuel storage rack 1; and a lattice body 2 disposed inside the outer frame 3, the lattice body 2 forming the lattice-like cells 2a. The lattice body 2 includes: a main lattice 4 having a height equivalent to an active length of the fuel assembly; an upper lattice 5 disposed above the main lattice 4 so as to be fitted to an upper end of the main lattice 4; and a lower lattice 6 disposed between the base 17 and the main lattice 4 so as to be fitted to a lower end of the main lattice 4. Thus, the main lattice 4 can be formed without welding, whereby the main lattice 4 can be made of a boron-added stainless steel to which a sufficient amount of boron is added to absorb neutrons.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090207962A1 SPENT FUEL STORAGE RACK Public/Granted day:2009-08-20
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