Patent ID: 8146674
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G21F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for storing hazardous material, comprising: a plurality of storage containers each storing a hazardous material storage box containing hazardous material therein, the hazardous material storage box being extracted from or retracted into the storage container by transfer means; a fire sensor provided in each of the storage containers to detect a fire occurring in the storage container; a temperature sensor provided in each of the storage containers to sense a temperature in the storage container; an injection nozzle provided in each of the storage containers, the injection nozzle injecting nitrogen into the storage container from a nitrogen supply unit when a fire is detected; an outlet pipe connection passage and a flexible outlet pipe connection tube to exhaust gas from the storage containers; and a collecting container provided in a lower end of the apparatus to collect and store leakage liquid of hazardous material therein.