Patent ID: 8270555
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G21F

Abstract:
1. A system for storing radioactive material, said system comprising: a storage pool for storing a plurality of radioactive objects submersed in a radiation shielding and cooling liquid; an assembly building located above the storage pool for constructing one or more radioactive articles using the radioactive objects transferred from the storage pool, the assembly building including an assembly chamber including a plurality of interior cells and a plurality of radioactive shielding partitions such that each of the plurality of radioactive shielding partitions is between adjacent cells, the cells including a docking cell having a disposition end of each transfer shaft connected thereto, and at least one assembly cell for constructing the one or more radioactive article therein; and at least one transfer shaft connecting the storage pool and the assembly building for transferring the radioactive objects from within the storage pool to an interior of the assembly building and from the interior of the assembly building into the storage pool, the at least one transfer shaft connected to a floor of the assembly building.