Material Loading Analysis for SAFKEG Packaging 2863B

Conference · Sun Jun 02 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:5708003

McLaughlin, T. P. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The desirability of shipping fissile material in leak-testable containment vessels has prompted the US Department of Energy (DOE) to fund the Los Alamos National Laboratory to investigate the suitability of the SAFKEG 2863B packaging to this end. This packaging has been evaluated against the criteria specified in 10CFR71 and a safety analysis report for packaging (SARP) written and submitted to the DOE for review and approval. The methodology and arguments leading to the proposed fissile and associated non-fissile material loadings are presented in this paper. The SAFKEG 2863B packaging is shown. This double-containment vessel version has been evaluated for both enriched uranium and plutonium as metal and oxides in the inner containment vessel. Initial evaluations have been limited to loadings for which the transport index (TI) based on criticality safety is zero. Subsequent SARP amendments may request approval to ship other materials, approval for uranium loadings in the single-containment vessel version of this packaging.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• OSTI ID: 5708003
• Report Number(s): CONF-910603--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Journal Volume: 63
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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