Patent ID: 6128360
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G21F

Abstract:
A method of transporting a fuel assembly, said method comprising the steps of:preparing a fuel protective container, said fuel protective container having a substantially cylindrical shape and a substantially rectangular shape in its lateral cross section, said lateral cross section being orthogonal to an axial direction of the fuel protective container, said fuel protective container further comprising:a container main body having a rectangular shaped bottom wall portion and a partition wall mounted on the bottom wall portion, said partition wall being arranged in a rectangular parallelepiped which is formed over the bottom wall portion and being configured to partition the rectangular parallelepiped so as to form a plurality of chambers for housing a plurality of fuel assemblies, respectively, each of said chambers having an upper surface that is openable and at least two side surfaces corresponding to at least two adjacent side surfaces of each of the fuel assemblies, said at least two side surfaces of each of said chambers being openable; anda plurality of side cap members having a substantially V-shape and attached to the container main body, each of said side cap members being configured to openably and closably cover the at least two openable side surfaces of each of the chambers so that each of the chambers comprises an inner hollow housing chamber, said inner hollow housing chamber having a substantially cylindrical shape and a substantially rectangular shape in its lateral cross section;housing, in a case where each of the side cap members is opened, the plurality of fuel assemblies into the chambers of the protective container through the at least two side surfaces thereof, respectively;closing each of the side cap members; andtransporting the fuel protective container.