NOVELTY - A cylindrical type alkaline storage battery comprises an electrode assembly (22) contained in a cylindrical container (10) having electrical conductivity. The electrode assembly is a roll obtained by rolling up a positive electrode plate (24), a negative electrode plate (26), and a separator (28) together. It is rolled up using a core and has a hollow corresponding to the core at its center.    USE - Used as nickel-hydrogen secondary battery (i.e. AA or AAA size).    ADVANTAGE - The high-capacity, cylindrical type alkaline storage battery is high in productivity and quality and is also excellent in quick charging characteristic and discharging characteristic.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - A cylindrical type alkaline storage battery comprises an electrode assembly contained in a cylindrical container having electrical conductivity. The electrode assembly is a roll obtained by rolling up a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator together. Provided that, a maximum diameter of the container is Dmax and that a number of turns of the positive electrode plate is N, a relationship Ngreater than or equal to(0.5xDmax-2.65) is fulfilled, where () represents Gauss' notation. The electrode assembly is rolled up using a core and has a hollow corresponding to the core at its center. A value obtained by dividing a cross-sectional area of the electrode assembly except for the hollow, as viewed in cross section of the battery, by a value obtained by subtracting a cross-sectional area of the hollow in the electrode assembly from a cross-sectional area of an interior of the container is 95-100%. Provided that a circumferential position of a roll starting end of the positive electrode plate is a reference position, an angle 0 measured from a circumferential position of a roll terminating end of the positive electrode plate to the reference position along the positive electrode plate is 180-270degrees, both inclusive.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure schematically shows a cross section of the cylindrical type nickel-hydrogen secondary battery.    Cylindrical container (10)    Electrode assembly (22)    Positive electrode plate (24)    Negative electrode plate (26)    Separator (28)