Shipment of Small Quantities of Unspecified Radioactive Material in Chalfant Packagings
- Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
In the post 6M era, radioactive materials package users are faced with the disciplined operations associated with use of Certified Type B packaging. Many DOE, commercial and academic programs have a requirement to ship and/or store small masses of poorly characterized or unspecified radioactive material. For quantities which are small enough to be fissile exempt and have low radiation levels, the materials could be transported in a package which provides the required containment level. Because their Chalfant type containment vessels meet the highest standard of containment (helium leak-tight), the 9975, 9977, and 9978 are capable of transporting any of these contents. The issues associated with certification of a high-integrity, general purpose package for shipping small quantities of unspecified radioactive material are discussed and certification of the packages for this mission is recommended.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States); Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-08SR22470
- OSTI ID:
- 956961
- Report Number(s):
- SRNL-STI-2009-00142; TRN: US1002101
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 50. INMM Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ (United States), 12-16 Jul 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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