Type B Drum Packages

Conference · Sun Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/114663· OSTI ID:195638

Edwards, W. S. ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

The Type B Drum package is a container in which a single drum containing Type B quantities of radioactive material will be packaged for shipment. The Type B Drum containers are being developed to fill a void in the packaging and transportation capabilities of the US Department of Energy (DOE), as no double containment packaging for single drums of Type B radioactive material is currently available. Several multiple-drum containers and shielded casks presently exist. However, the size and weight of these containers present multiple operational challenges for single-drum shipments. The Type B Drum containers will offer one unshielded version and, if needed, two shielded versions, and will provide for the option of either single or double containment. The primary users of the Type B Drum container will be any organization with a need to ship single drums of Type B radioactive material. Those users include laboratories, waste retrieval facilities, emergency response teams, and small facilities.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); USDOE Office of Transportation, Emergency Management, and Analytical Serivces
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 195638
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-3013; CONF-951203-38; ON: DE96005190; TRN: AHC29605%%13
• Resource Relation: Conference: PATRAM '95: 11. International Conference on Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 3-8 Dec 1995; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONTAINERS
DESIGN
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
TRANSPORT
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
IMPACT TESTS
SHIELDING
THERMAL ANALYSIS
CRITICALITY
SOURCE TERMS
PACKAGING RULES
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Single Drum Container
Radioactive Materials
TRUPACT-II
Transuranic (TRU)
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Radiological Analysis
Criticality Analysis
Packaging Design Criteria (PDC)