ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,532, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ORANO NUCLEAR PACKAGES AND SERVICES (Montigny le Bretonneux, France).
"Storage device for nuclear fuel assemblies" was invented by Marcel Tardy (Chatillon, France) and Stephane Nallet (Le Mesnil Saint Denis, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage device for transporting and/or storing nuclear fuel assemblies. The device includes a plurality of transverse structures separated by spacers. Sleeves pass through openings of at least one of the transverse structures. Each sleeve is made from flat structures and forms a housing that can receive a fuel assembly. At least one of these sleeves h...