Global Patent Index - EP 4136660 A1

EP 4136660 A1 20230222 - STORAGE DEVICE FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLIES, HAVING A LOW-COST DESIGN

Title (en)

STORAGE DEVICE FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLIES, HAVING A LOW-COST DESIGN

Title (de)

LAGERVORRICHTUNG ZUM LAGERN UND/ODER TRANSPORTIEREN VON KERNBRENNSTABBÜNDELN MIT KOSTENGÜNSTIGEM AUFBAU

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE RANGEMENT POUR L'ENTREPOSAGE ET/OU LE TRANSPORT D'ASSEMBLAGES DE COMBUSTIBLE NUCLEAIRE, PRESENTANT UNE CONCEPTION A COUTS REDUITS

Publication

EP 4136660 A1 20230222 (FR)

Application

EP 21723882 A 20210408

Priority

  • FR 2003732 A 20200414
  • FR 2021050616 W 20210408

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2021209700A1] The invention relates to a storage device (1) for transporting and/or storing nuclear fuel assemblies (2), intended to be accommodated in the cavity of a package for transporting and/or storing nuclear fuel assemblies, and comprising adjacent recesses (4, 4'), the device comprising a plurality of transverse structures (11) spaced apart by means of spacers (16), and sleeves (9) each passing through an opening (13) of at least one of the transverse structures (11), each sleeve (9) being made from flat bars (14a, 14b). According to the invention, in at least one transverse plane of the device passing through the sleeves, at least one of these sleeves has an inner recess-delimiting surface (10) formed in part by: - an inner surface (14a') of a first flat bar (14a) made with boron; and - an inner surface (14b') of a second flat bar (14b) made without boron.

IPC 8 full level

G21C 19/07 (2006.01); G21C 19/40 (2006.01); G21F 5/012 (2006.01); G21F 5/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

G21F 5/012 (2013.01 - EP KR US); G21F 5/06 (2013.01 - EP KR US); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2021209700A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 3109240 A1 20211015; FR 3109240 B1 20220318; CN 115605962 A 20230113; EP 4136660 A1 20230222; JP 2023521216 A 20230523; KR 20230002520 A 20230105; US 2023127068 A1 20230427; WO 2021209700 A1 20211021

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 2003732 A 20200414; CN 202180027117 A 20210408; EP 21723882 A 20210408; FR 2021050616 W 20210408; JP 2022562553 A 20210408; KR 20227037645 A 20210408; US 202117995890 A 20210408