Patent ID: 7498594

Claim:
A container device for the long-term storage of hazardous material, particularly for the ultimate disposal of nuclear fuel, comprising at least one elongate, cylindrical first containment body having a casing wall and end walls, the casing wall and the end walls defining a first compartment for accommodating at least one hazardous-material body formed by the hazardous material or containing or supporting the hazardous material, the first compartment comprising support means for supporting the hazardous-material body centrally in the first compartment and spaced from the casing wall and the end walls, an elongate, cylindrical second containment body having a casing wall and end walls, the casing wall and the end walls defining a cylindrical second compartment, the second compartment comprising support means for supporting the first containment body centrally in the second containment body and spaced from the casing wall and the end walls of the second containment body, and passages provided in at least one of the end walls of each of the first and second containment bodies for the introduction of wet concrete in the first and second compartments for filling the space between, as regards the first containment body, the hazardous-material body and the walls defining the first compartment, and, as regards the second containment body, the space between the first containment body and the walls defining the second compartment.