Patent ID: 6489623
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G21F

Abstract:
A shipping container for radioactive materials comprising:an outer, generally cylindrically-shaped container body having a closed lower end and an open, upper end; a top for releasable securement to the container body and closing said open upper end thereof; a generally cylindrical inner containment vessel generally concentrically disposed in said outer container body for receiving at least one radioactive material containing pail, said vessel having a lid for closing an open upper end thereof; a foam material between said outer container body and said inner vessel; said inner vessel having an outwardly directed flange about said open end thereof; a plurality of circumferentially spaced reinforcing gussets between an outer surface of said vessel and an underside of said flange for reinforcing said flange; said lid and said flange having cooperating fastening elements for fastening said lid and said flange to one another.