Patent ID: 8494106

Claim:
A shipping container for shipping channeled fuel bundles, the shipping container comprising: an outer container; an inner container sized to fit within the outer container; and shock absorbing material disposed between the outer and inner containers, wherein the inner container is shaped to house at least one fuel bundle disposed in a channel and including a channel fastener and an array of rods supported by spacer grids between an upper tie plate and a lower tie plate, and wherein the inner container includes: a lower tie plate restraint device shaped to receive the lower tie plate and a lower portion of the channel and always engaging all sides of the lower tie plate and the lower portion of the channel when received by the lower tie plate restraint device, the lower tie plate restraint device being lockable into the inner container in only one correct orientation, and an upper tie plate restraint device shaped to receive the upper tie plate and an upper portion of the channel, the upper tie plate restraint device being lockable into the inner container.