Spent fuel storage improvement
CA 1084635 A · Owner: Combustion Engineering, Inc. · Inventors: Bevilacqua, Frank
Overview
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An apparatus for the safe storage of a plurality of fissionable masses including an array of discrete neutron absorbing shields which utilizes the principle of the neutron trap to reduce the multiplication factor of the storage array to a subcritical value when immersed in a neutron moderating medium. Each discrete neutron absorbing shield is spaced such that the encircled fissionable mass is spaced from the next adjacent neutron absorbing shield by a distance determined by the enrichment of the fissionable masses and attenuation of the moderating medium.
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- Granted August 26, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 26, 1997.
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