Analysis of the non-cylindrical GA-4 and GA-9 spent fuel casks

Conference · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5969147

Osborne, D. M.; Koploy, M. A.; Pickering, J. L.

DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) has awarded General Atomics (GA) a contract to develop the GA-4 and GA-9 legal weight truck (LWT) transportation system to transport pressurized-water-reactor (PWR) and boiling-water-reactor (BWR) spent fuels. The GA-4 and GA-9 Casks maximize cargo capacity while complying with the weight limits imposed on legal weight truck transport. These casks will carry up to 4 PWR or 9 BWR spent fuel assemblies, a capacity four times greater than comparable existing designs. The approach to the structural analysis of a non-cylindrical cross-section differs from a cylindrical design. These differences include: More orientations are evaluated for impact analyses; the structural analyses are more complex; and applicable criteria are more conservative and some require additional development. GA's structural analyses of the GA-4 and GA-9 Casks address each of these analytical differences, resulting in casks that meet the criteria imposed by applicable regulatory guides and the ASME Code. When necessary, we have confirmed our analytical approach with component testing. GA will obtain further confirmation during model testing in 1990. 2 refs., 7 figs.

• Research Organization: General Atomics, San Diego, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-88ID12698
• OSTI ID: 5969147
• Report Number(s): GA-A-19419; CONF-890631-55; ON: DE89014249
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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