A system and method for removing spent fuel assemblies from a fuel building and transporting them to on-site facilities. A cask transporter is moved into the fuel building with an empty spent fuel storage cask, spent fuel assemblies are loaded into spent fuel storage cask, the cask is sealed, and the cask transporter moves the loaded spent fuel storage cask to a handling area for final disposal. Components of the system include a penetration cover, a lifting mechanism, a control system, a valve system, and the cask transporter.


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    Title :

    CASK HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD


    Additional title:

    BEHÄLTERHANDHABUNGSSYSTEM UND -VERFAHREN
    SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE MANUTENTION D'EMBALLAGE DE TRANSPORT


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    Publication date :

    2020-05-20


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G21F Schutz gegen Röntgenstrahlung, Gammastrahlung, Korpuskularstrahlung oder Teilchenbeschuss , PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge / G21C NUCLEAR REACTORS , Kernreaktoren



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