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Testing of half-scale model waste form canister for the Defense High Level Waste cask

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5127364
The Defense High Level Waste (DHLW) cask is a Type B packaging currently under development by the US Department of Energy. The transport system is designed to meet a legal weight truck limit of 80,000 lb. Type B packagings for transporting radioactive materials are required to maintain containment and shielding after being exposed to hypothetical accident environments. A combination of testing and analysis was used to verify the adequacy of this design. This report describes tests conducted to evaluate the response of half-scale model waste form canisters to 9 m (30 ft) impacts. Two 9 m (30 ft) half-scale model tests were performed at Sandia National Laboratories. This document presents the data from these tests and compares it todata from the DHLW half-scale model cask test program. 8 refs., 25 figs., 4 tabs.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Southwest Engineering Associates, El Paso, TX (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5127364
Report Number(s):
SAND-87-2516; TTC-0759; ON: DE88008977
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English