Air Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Assemblies
Conference
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OSTI ID:21305413
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, Sarov, Nizhni Novogorod (Russian Federation)
Sometimes the only feasible means of shipping research reactor spent nuclear fuel (SNF) among countries is via air transport because of location or political conditions. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has established a regulatory framework to certify air transport Type C casks. However, no such cask has been designed, built, tested, and certified. In lieu of an air transport cask, research reactor SNF has been transported using a Type B cask under an exemption with special arrangements for administrative and security controls. This work indicates that it may be feasible to transport commercial power reactor SNF assemblies via air, and that the cost is only about three times that of shipping it by railway. Optimization (i.e., reduction) of this cost factor has yet to be done. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21305413
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US--09-WM-07134
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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