Shipment of Non-traditional Contents in the 9977 Type B Package

Conference · Sun Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 2011

OSTI ID:1017426

Abramczyk, G. A. ^[1]; Loftin, B. M. ^[1]; Bellamy, J. S. ^[1]; Nathan, S. J. ^[1]

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1. Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)

The 9977 is a certified Type B Packaging authorized to ship uranium and plutonium in metal and oxide forms. These materials are typically confined within metallic containers designed for ease of handling and to prevent the spread of contamination. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) uses Pu and U sources for the training of domestic and international customs agents in the identification and detection of radioactive materials (RAM). These materials are packed in polycarbonate containers which permit the trainees to view the RAM. The safety basis was made to authorize the use of these unusual containers. The inclusion of the PNNL Training Source Contents into the 9977 Packaging imposed unique conditions previously unanalyzed. The use of polycarbonate as a content container material, while different from any configuration previously considered, does not raise any safety issues with the package which continues to operate with a large safety margin for temperatures, pressures, containment, dose rates, and subcriticality.

• 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: 1017426
• Report Number(s): SRNL-STI-2011-00335; TRN: US1103248
• Resource Relation: Conference: 52. Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 2011 (INMM 52) , Palm Desert, CA (United States), 17-21 Jul 2011
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
42 ENGINEERING
CONFIGURATION
CONTAINERS
CONTAINMENT
CONTAMINATION
CRITICALITY
DETECTION
DOSE RATES
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
OXIDES
PACKAGING
PLUTONIUM
POLYCARBONATES
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
SAFETY
SAFETY MARGINS
TRAINING
URANIUM
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Radioactive Materials (RAM)
Packaging
Polycarbonate