Centering unit for radioactive waste in storage container has outer and inner hinged arms to position unit centrally and keep waste inside

摘要

A centering unit comprises a metal assembly of steel uprights (4) on a supporting base (5), with outer hinged arms (7) at the top that keep the unit in the middle of a storage container (2). The unit also has a series of inner hinged arms (8) to keep the waste material in the middle of the centering unit. The inner arms have counterweighted outer ends, while their inner ends are chamfered at 45-90[deg], and stops on the uprights keep the arms horizontal.