Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for storing fresh and irradiated nuclear fuel
- Patent Title (中): 用于储存新鲜和辐照的核燃料的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13608448Application Date: 2012-09-10
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Publication No.: US09543047B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: Maria E. Falcone , Scott L. Pfeffer , Elizabeth B. Umhoefer
- Applicant: Maria E. Falcone , Scott L. Pfeffer , Elizabeth B. Umhoefer
- Applicant Address: US NC Wilmington
- Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
- Current Assignee: GE-HITACHI NUCLEAR ENERGY AMERICAS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: G21C19/00
- IPC: G21C19/00 ; G21C19/08 ; G21C19/40 ; G21F7/015 ; G21F9/00
Abstract:
A method for storing nuclear fuel includes transferring a fuel assembly from a long term storage vault to a nuclear reactor core, removing the fuel assembly from the nuclear reactor core, determining a heat generation rate of the irradiated fuel assembly, and transferring the irradiated fuel assembly to one of an interim storage vault and a long term storage vault based on the determined heat generation rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140072087A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING FRESH AND IRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL Public/Granted day:2014-03-13
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