Patents Assigned to GNS GESELLSCHAFFT FUER NUKLEAR-SERVICE mbH
  • Nuclear-waste transport and storage container and method of drying same
    Patent number: 11728059
    Abstract: A transport or storage container holding radioactive waste and a body of water is dried by the steps of first draining or pumping out the body of water and thereby leaving residual water in the container. Then at least one solid drying agent is introduced into an interior the container for removing from the interior of the container for removing the physically or chemically bonded residual water. The solid drying agent is an alkaline earth salt, particularly an alkaline earth oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GNS GESELLSCHAFFT FUER NUKLEAR-SERVICE mbH
    Inventor: Christoph Rirschl