Abstract: A container for storing intact control rod blades including a cask which has a substantially square elongated portion and axially opposed dual end closures, such that the substantially square elongated portion is capable of receiving a basket containing a plurality of control rod blades, where each of the control rod blades has a cruciform end and a velocity limiter end, so that the cruciform end of one control rod blade rests against the velocity limiter end of an adjacent control rod blade, and where the substantially square elongated portion of the cask is comprised of three layers, an inner layer, a middle layer and an outer layer, with the inner and outer layers made of ASTM A543 Steel.

Abstract: Apparatus for containing, transporting, and storing or disposing of radioactive machinery, including decommissioned nuclear reactor pressure vessels. An improved, economically-produced container allows easier handling and packaging of machinery within plants where the machinery has been installed, and offers improved shock absorption and attenuation characteristics, especially when packaging is complete, through the provision, for example, of integral fenders. The invention also includes methods of making the container.

Abstract: A universal modular container for containing, transporting, storing, or disposing of reactor pressure vessel heads (RPVHs) with attached control rod driving mechanisms has several sections that may be handled independently and thus allow easier handling of the container and packaging of the RPVHs. Various ring sections of different lengths may be used, to allow the container to have dimensions that are the best match for enclosing any particular intact reactor pressure vessel head with attached control rod driving mechanisms. The RPVH with attached CRDMs can be placed onto and attached to a bottom plate of the container, items can be removed from the reactor pressure vessel head, and then the ring sections attached to the bottom plate. The container is closed with a top plate, and the complete package is ready to be transported for storage or disposal in accordance with regulations for radioactive materials.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for containing, transporting, and storing or disposing of radioactive machinery, including decommissioned nuclear reactor pressure vessels. An improved, economically-produced container is provided which allows easier handling and packaging of machinery within plants where the machinery has been installed, and which provides improved shock absorption and attenuation characteristics, especially when packaging is complete. A reactor pressure vessel or similar item is disconnected from the remainder of the plant and external fittings are trimmed as close to flush with item's exterior as practicable. A storage and containment canister, optionally cut into at least two sections to ease handling and packaging, is placed nearby. The pressure vessel head or any other low-radioactive items are removed, and insulation and other items removed from the outside of the item are placed inside the item's body.