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Deadline-driven LTA transportation logistics

Journal Article · · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
OSTI ID:20104513

Public roadway transport of spent nuclear fuel in the United states is difficult. Transport of radioactive tritium-bearing material isn't any easier. On July 7, 1999, the first lead test assembly (LTA) containing eight tritium-producing burnable absorber rods (TPBARs) inside the NAC-LWT cask left Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, on schedule, destined for Argonne National Laboratory-West (ANL-W). Regulatory approval for the NAC-LWT cask to transport TPBARs and completion of four shipments were final steps in the Commercial Light Water Reactor (CLWR) demonstration project.

OSTI ID:
20104513
Journal Information:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 82; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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