Transportation accident response of a high-capacity truck cask for spent fuel
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- TRW Environmental Safety Systems, Inc., Vienna, VA (United States)
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
Two of the primary goals of this study were (i) to check the structural and thermal performance of the GA-4 cask in a broad range of accidents and (ii) to carry out a severe-accidents analysis as had been addressed in the Modal Study but now using a specific recent cask design and using current-generation computer models and capabilities. At the same time, it was desired to compare the accident performance of the Ga-4 cask to that of the generic truck cask analyzed in the Modal Study. The same range of impact and fire accidents developed in the Modal Study was adopted for this study. The accident-description data base of the Modal Study categorizes accidents into types of collisions with mobile or fixed objects, non-collision accidents, and fires. The mechanical modes of damage may be via crushing, impact, or puncture. The fire occurrences in the Modal Study data are based on truck accident statistics. The fire types are taken to be pool fires of petroleum products from fuel tanks and/or cargoes.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 225963
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-123421; CONF-951203-70; ON: DE96009808; TRN: AHC29610%%5
- 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
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