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Manifold system for the ventilated storage of high level waste and a method of using the same to store high level waste in a below-grade environment
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G21F-005/10
G21F-007/015
출원번호
US-0271101
(2014-05-06)
등록번호
US-9761339
(2017-09-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Singh, Krishna P.
출원인 / 주소
HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL, INC.
대리인 / 주소
The Belles Group, P.C.
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A system and method for storing multiple canisters containing high level waste below grade that afford adequate ventilation of the spent fuel storage cavity. In one aspect, the invention is a ventilated system for storing high level waste emitting heat, the system comprising: an air-intake shell for
A system and method for storing multiple canisters containing high level waste below grade that afford adequate ventilation of the spent fuel storage cavity. In one aspect, the invention is a ventilated system for storing high level waste emitting heat, the system comprising: an air-intake shell forming an air-intake cavity; a plurality of storage shells, each storage shell forming a storage cavity; a lid positioned atop each of the storage shells; an outlet vent forming a passageway between an ambient environment and a top portion of each of the storage cavities; and a network of pipes forming hermetically sealed passageways between a bottom portion of the air-intake cavity and at least two different openings at a bottom portion of each of the storage cavities such that blockage of a first one of the openings does not prohibit air from flowing from the air-intake cavity into the storage cavity via a second one of the openings.
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1. A method for storing and cooling nuclear waste canisters comprising: providing a manifold storage system comprising a vertical air inlet downcomer, a hermetically sealed piping network fluidly coupled to the downcomer, and a plurality of vertically oriented storage shells each fluidly coupled to
1. A method for storing and cooling nuclear waste canisters comprising: providing a manifold storage system comprising a vertical air inlet downcomer, a hermetically sealed piping network fluidly coupled to the downcomer, and a plurality of vertically oriented storage shells each fluidly coupled to the piping network, each storage shell forming a cavity having a horizontal cross section configured for holding no more than one nuclear waste canister;positioning a hermetically sealed nuclear waste canister containing high level nuclear waste into each cavity of the storage shells to form an annular gap between each canister and its respective shell, the nuclear waste generating heat;drawing cooling air from the ambient atmosphere into the downcomer;distributing the cooling air from the downcomer through the piping network to the storage shells;introducing the cooling air into the annular gaps of each storage shell;heating the cooling air via the nuclear waste in each storage shell thereby producing heated air; andventing the heated air from the storage shells back to the ambient atmosphere. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cooling air is introduced into a lower portion of the storage shells and the heated air is vented through an upper portion of the canisters. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the heated air is vented through a removable lid coupled to a top of each storage shell. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the piping network forms hermetically sealed fluid passageways between the air intake downcomer and each of the storage shells. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the piping network is arranged so that the cooling air flows horizontally between the air intake downcomer and each storage shell. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the piping network is fluidly coupled to the air intake downcomer and each storage shell at approximately the same elevation. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the piping network is fluidly coupled through openings to each storage shell in at least two locations on a bottom portion of each storage shells such that blockage of a first one of the openings does not prohibit air from flowing from the piping network into the storage shell via a second one of the openings. 8. The method of claim 1, further comprising positioning each storage shell so that a major portion of the height of the shells and the piping network of pipes are below grade, a top of the cavities of each storage shell being openable and accessible from above grade for insertion of the nuclear waste canisters. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein cooling air enters the downcomer through a top portion and enters the piping network through a bottom portion of the air intake downcomer. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein cooling air flows vertically downwards through the air intake downcomer, laterally through the piping network, and vertically upwards through each storage shell to cool the waste canisters. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the air intake downcomer defines an open internal cavity that is deeper than the cavities of the storage shells and the piping network is sloped towards the downcomer to drain any water entering the piping network to the downcomer. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein each storage shell is insulated to minimize heating the cooling air in the piping network. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein cooling air circulates through the manifold storage system via passive convective cooling. 14. A method for storing and cooling nuclear waste canisters comprising: providing a manifold storage system comprising a vertical air inlet downcomer, a hermetically sealed piping network fluidly coupled to the downcomer, and a plurality of vertically oriented storage shells each fluidly coupled to the piping network via at least two openings, each storage shell forming a cavity having a horizontal cross section configured for holding no more than one nuclear waste canister;positioning a hermetically sealed nuclear waste canister containing high level nuclear waste into each cavity of the storage shells to form an annular gap between each canister and its respective shell, the nuclear waste generating heat;drawing cooling air from the ambient atmosphere into the downcomer;distributing the cooling air from the downcomer through the piping network to the storage shells;introducing the cooling air into the annular gaps of each storage shell through the at least two openings;heating the cooling air via the nuclear waste in each storage shell thereby producing heated air; andventing the heated air from the storage shells back to the ambient atmosphere. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the at least two openings are on diametrically opposed sides of each storage shell. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein the storage shells and air intake downcomer are cylindrical in shape. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the cooling air is introduced into a lower portion of the storage shells and the heated air is vented through an upper portion of the canisters. 18. The method of claim 14, further comprising positioning each storage shell so that a major portion of the height of the shells and the piping network of pipes are below grade, a top of the cavities of each storage shell being openable and accessible from above grade for insertion of the nuclear waste canisters. 19. The method of claim 14, wherein cooling air flows vertically downwards through the air intake downcomer, laterally through the piping network, and vertically upwards through each storage shell to cool the waste canisters. 20. A method of storing and passively ventilating high level waste comprising: providing a manifold storage system comprising an array of substantially vertically oriented shells arranged in a side-by-side relation, each shell forming a cavity, and a piping network forming hermetically sealed passageways between bottoms of all of the cavities;positioning the system so that a major portion of the height of the shells and the network of pipes are below grade, a top of the cavities being accessible from above grade;lowering a hermetically sealed canister containing high level waste into the cavity of one of the shells so that a gap exists between the canister and the shell;positioning a lid atop the shell containing the canister, the lid containing a vent forming a passageway between an ambient environment and the cavity containing the canister;maintaining at least one of the shells empty; anddrawing cool air from ambient atmosphere through the empty shell into the piping network;drawing the cool air through the piping network into the cavity of the shell containing the canister, the cool air being warmed by heat from the canister;the warm air rising in the gap and exiting the cavity of the shell containing the canister through the vent of the lid.
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