System, method and apparatus for providing additional radiation shielding to high level radioactive materials
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G21K-001/00
G21F-005/10
G21F-005/002
출원번호
US-0674051
(2015-03-31)
등록번호
US-9208914
(2015-12-08)
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/ 주소
Singh, Krishna P.
Agace, Stephen J.
Anton, Stefan
출원인 / 주소
HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL
대리인 / 주소
The Belles Group, P.C.
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A system, method and apparatus for providing radiation shielding to a ventilated cask for holding high level radioactive materials. In one aspect, the tubular shell is positioned to circumferentially surround the cask so that an annular gap exists between the tubular shell and a sidewall of the cask
A system, method and apparatus for providing radiation shielding to a ventilated cask for holding high level radioactive materials. In one aspect, the tubular shell is positioned to circumferentially surround the cask so that an annular gap exists between the tubular shell and a sidewall of the cask. The tubular shell includes a first air flow inlet and a second air flow inlet. An air flow barrier is placed within the annular gap, separating the annular gap into a first chamber and a second chamber. A first air flow into the first air flow inlet passes through the first chamber and into the inlet vent of the cask, a second air flow into the second air flow inlet passes through the second chamber and to an opening at the top end of the tubular shell, and the air flow barrier prohibits cross-flow of air between the first and second chambers.
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1. A system for containing high level radioactive materials comprising: a cask having an internal cavity for holding high level radioactive materials and comprising an inlet vent for the internal cavity at a bottom end of the cask and an outlet vent for the internal cavity at a top end of the cask;a
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A system for containing high level radioactive materials comprising: a cask having an internal cavity for holding high level radioactive materials and comprising an inlet vent for the internal cavity at a bottom end of the cask and an outlet vent for the internal cavity at a top end of the cask;a tubular shell positioned to circumferentially surround the cask so that an annular gap exists between the tubular shell and a sidewall of the cask, the tubular shell including a first air flow inlet and a second air flow inlet; andan air flow barrier placed within the annular gap to separate the annular gap into a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein: a first air flow into the first air flow inlet passes through the first chamber and into the inlet vent of the cask,a second air flow into the second air flow inlet passes through the second chamber and to an opening at the top end of the tubular shell, andthe air flow barrier is positioned to prohibit cross-flow of air between the first chamber and the second chamber. 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the air flow barrier is an annular plate extending from the sidewall of the cask to an inner wall of the tubular shell. 3. The system of claim 1 wherein the tubular shell comprises more than one first air flow inlet arranged in a spaced-apart manner about the tubular shell and more than one second air flow inlet arranged in a spaced-apart manner about the tubular shell. 4. The system of claim 1 wherein the first air flow inlet is a notch in a bottom edge of the tubular shell. 5. The system of claim 1 wherein the inlet vent of the cask is radially offset from the first air flow inlet. 6. The system of claim 1 wherein the outlet vent of the cask opens into the second chamber of the annular gap. 7. The system of claim 1 wherein the tubular shell comprises a plurality of tube segments arranged in a stacked-assembly. 8. The system of claim 7 wherein the primary aperture and the secondary aperture are located in a bottom-most tube segment of the stacked assembly. 9. The system of claim 8 wherein the air flow barrier is coupled to the bottom-most tube segment of the stacked assembly. 10. A system for containing high level radioactive materials comprising: a cask extending along a longitudinal axis and having an internal cavity for holding high level radioactive materials, the cask comprising a plurality of inlet vents at a bottom end of the cask for allowing cool air to enter the internal cavity and a plurality of outlet vents at a top end of the cask for allowing heated air to exit the internal cavity;a tubular shell extending from a bottom end to a top end, the tubular shell positioned to circumferentially surround the cask in a spaced apart manner so that an annular gap exists between the tubular shell and a sidewall of the cask, the tubular shell comprising a plurality of first air flow inlets and a plurality of second air flow inlets; andan annular seal placed within the annular gap to separate the annular gap into a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein: air flowing into one of the first air flow inlets passes through the first chamber and into one of the inlet vents of the cask,air flowing into one of the second air flow inlets passes through the second chamber and to an opening at the top end of the tubular shell, andthe annular seal is positioned to prohibit cross-flow of air between the first chamber and the second chamber. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the first air flow inlets are circumferentially arranged in a spaced-apart manner about the tubular shell, and the second air flow inlets are circumferentially arranged in a spaced-apart manner about the tubular shell. 12. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the inlet vents comprise an inlet opening in the sidewall of the cask, and each of the first air flow inlets is radially offset from the inlet openings of the inlet vents. 13. The system of claim 10, wherein each of the outlet vents opens into the upper chamber of the annular gap. 14. The system of claim 10, wherein the tubular shell comprises a plurality of tube segments arranged in a stacked-assembly. 15. The system of claim 14, wherein each of the tube segments comprises a plurality of spacers protruding from an inner surface of the tube segment and circumferentially arranged in a spaced-apart manner. 16. The system of claim 10, wherein the annular seal comprises a flexible annular seal. 17. A method of containing high level radioactive materials comprising: a) positioning a cask on a support surface, the cask having an internal cavity containing high level radioactive materials and comprising an inlet vent for the internal cavity at a bottom end of the cask and an outlet vent for the internal cavity at a top end of the cask; andb) sliding a tubular shell over the cask, the tubular shell circumferentially surrounding the cask so that an annular gap exists between the tubular shell and a sidewall of the cask, the tubular shell including a first air flow inlet, a second air flow inlet, and an air flow barrier configured to extend between the tubular shell and the sidewall of the cask, wherein: the airflow barrier separates the annular gap into a first chamber and a second chamber,a first air flow into the first air flow inlet passes through the first chamber and into the inlet vent of the cask,a second air flow into the second air flow inlet passes through the second chamber and to an opening at the top end of the tubular shell, andthe air flow barrier is positioned to prohibit cross-flow of air between the first chamber and the second chamber. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein: cool air entering the first air flow inlet is drawn into the internal cavity, is warmed within the internal cavity by heat emanating from the high level radioactive materials, and exits the internal cavity via the outlet vent as warmed air;cool air entering the second air flow inlet is drawn through the second chamber, is warmed by heat emanating from the cask, and rises within the second chamber as warmed air; andthe warmed air exiting the outlet duct and the warmed air rising within the second chamber converge and exit the tubular shell via the opening at the top end of the tubular shell. 19. The method of claim 17 wherein step b) comprises sliding a plurality of tube segments over the cask and stacking the tube segments to form a stacked assembly that forms the tubular shell.
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