US 12,142,387 B2
Cooling arrangement for dry fuel storage
Timothy M. Lloyd, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Robert Quinn, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Emmanuel Mercier, Athis Mons (FR); David Castrillon Cabeleiro, Cantabria (ES); and Luis Moreno Pombo, Cantabria (ES)
Assigned to Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/904,058
Filed by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/016615
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/162934, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,021, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136825 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G21F 5/008 (2006.01); G21F 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC G21F 5/008 (2013.01) [G21F 5/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nuclear component handling arrangement, comprising:
a storage overpack comprising an inner envelope;
an inner canister comprising an outer envelope, wherein the inner canister is positionable within the storage overpack; and
a vent and duct system, comprising:
an inlet vent, comprising:
an inlet entrance;
an inlet exit; and
a curved transition surface extending between the inlet entrance and the inlet exit;
an outlet vent; and
a passageway defined between the inner envelope of the storage overpack and the outer envelope of the inner canister, wherein the passageway extends between the inlet vent and the outlet vent;
wherein the inlet vent further comprises a horn comprising:
an inlet defining an inlet cross-sectional area; and
an outlet defining an outlet cross-sectional area smaller than the inlet cross-sectional area, wherein the outlet of the horn is coupled to the inlet entrance of the inlet vent.