Cask fleet operations study

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5661124· OSTI ID:5661124

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 assigned to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Waste Management the responsibility for disposing of high-level waste and spent fuel. A significant part of that responsibility involves transporting nuclear waste materials within the federal waste management system; that is, from the waste generator to the repository. The lead responsibility for transportation operations has been assigned to Oak Ridge Operations, with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) providing technical support through the Transportation Operations Support Task Group. One of the ORNL support activities involves assessing what facilities, equipment and services are required to assure that an acceptable, cost-effective and safe transportation operations system can be designed, operated and maintained. This study reviews, surveys and assesses the experience of Nuclear Assurance Corporation (NAC) in operating a fleet of spent-fuel shipping casks to aid in developing the spent-fuel transportation system.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Assurance Corp., Norcross, GA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5661124
• Report Number(s): ORNL/Sub-87-00421/1; ON: DE88006159; TRN: 88-009641
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SPENT FUELS
CERTIFICATION
COMPLIANCE
INSPECTION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
TRANSPORT
US DOE
CONTAINERS
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
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RADIOACTIVE WASTES
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