Patent Number: 045270660
Section: claims

1. A concrete shielding housing for receiving and storing a transportable fuel element container which is suitable for storage and filled with spent nuclear reactor fuel elements, the housing comprising: a pallet-like base;  a concrete shielding wall placeable upon said base; and  a removeable cover atop said shielding wall;  the clear interior dimensions of the housing being somewhat greater than the outer dimensions of the container;  air inlet means at the lower region of the housing for admitting air into the interior thereof;  air outlet means at the upper region of the housing for venting air from the interior thereof; and  said base having a profile when viewed in plan smaller than the profile of said shielding wall when viewed in plan so as to cause the shielding wall to overlap the base when placed thereon whereby surface water running down the outer concrete shielding wall surface drips directly onto the ground without it first coming to rest on said base. 2. The concrete shielding housing of claim 1, said base having a square base plate upon which said concrete shielding wall rests, said wall being in the form of a cylinder, the diameter of said cylinder being equal to or greater than the diagonal dimension of said base plate. 3. The concrete shielding housing of claim 1, air inlet means formed in the lower end of said concrete shielding wall in the region thereof overlapping said base. 4. The concrete shielding housing of claim 3, said air inlet means comprising a plurality of inner recesses formed in said lower end of said concrete shielding wall.