Full-Scale Assembly 30 cm Drop Test
- Sandia National Laboratory
- Sandia National Laboratories
- BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
Can Spent Nuclear Fuel withstand the shocks and vibrations experienced during normal conditions of transport? This question was the motivation for the multi-modal transportation test (MMTT) (Summer 2017), 1/3-scale cask 30 cm drop test (December 2018), and full-scale assembly 30 cm drop tests (June 2019). The full-scale ENSA ENUN 32P cask with 3 surrogate 17x17 PWR assemblies was used in the MMTT. The 1/3-scale cask was a mockup of this cask. The 30 cm drop tests provided the accelerations on the 1/3-scale dummy assemblies. These data were used to design full-scale assembly drop tests with the goal to quantify the strain fuel rods experience inside a cask when dropped from a height of 30 cm. The drop tests were first done with the dummy and then with the surrogate assembly. This paper presents the preliminary results of the tests.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1755128
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-148568
- Journal Information:
- MRS Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 5-6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Results and Correlations From Analyses of the ENSA ENUN 32P Cask Transport Tests
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October 2018 |
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