Technology Development Program for Safe Shipment of Spent Fuel from Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor

Conference · Mon Jan 19 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:4130336

Freedman, J. M. ^[1]; Humphreys, J. R. ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

A comprehensive plan to develop shipping cask technology is described. Technical programs in the disciplines of heat transfer, structures and containment, spent fuel characterization, hot laboratory verification, shielding, and hazards analysis are discussed. Both short- and long-term goals in each discipline are delineated and how the disciplines interrelate is shown. The technologies developed will be used in the design, fabrication, and testing of truck-mounted and rail-car casks. These casks will be used for safely transporting short-cooled, high-burnup Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR) spent fuel from reactors to reprocessing plants.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• NSA Number: NSA-33-009957
• OSTI ID: 4130336
• Report Number(s): SAND--75-5986; CONF-760104--2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

*CASKS-- SAFETY
*SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS-- TRANSPORT
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
ACCIDENTS
CRITICALITY
Containment
DESIGN
Development
FABRICATION
Goals
HAZARDS
HEAT TRANSFER
Hazards Analysis
Heat Transfer
Hot Laboratory Verification
LMFBR TYPE REACTORS
Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor (LMFBR)
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
SHIELDING
STANDARDS
Shielding
Shipping Cask Technology
Spent Fuel Characterization
Structures
TESTING