Patent ID: 8098790
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G21C,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A system for storing spent nuclear fuel comprising: a shell forming a cavity, the shell having an open top end, a hermetically closed bottom end, a height and an opening in a side wall of the shell; a canister storing spent nuclear fuel positioned in the cavity, the cavity having a horizontal cross-section that accommodates no more than one of the canister; an inlet ventilation duct having an inlet opening, the inlet ventilation duct connected to the shell so as to enclose the opening of the shell, the inlet ventilation duct forming a hermetically sealed passageway from the inlet opening to the opening of the shell, the hermetically sealed passageway excluding the cavity; and the opening of the shell positioned at a first vertical height above the bottom end of the shell and the inlet opening positioned at a second vertical height above the bottom end of the shell, wherein the second vertical height is greater than the first vertical height.