Shielding analysis for GA-4/GA-9 casks carrying high-burnup spent fuel

Conference · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6034511

Hopf, J E ^[1]

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1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

General Atomics (GA) is developing two legal-weight truck casks for shipping spent pressurized water reactor (PWR) and boiling water reactor (BWR) fuels from existing and proposed reactor facilities to a repository or monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility. The GA-4 cask is designed to carry four PWR spent-fuel assemblies with a design-basis burnup level of 35 GWd/tonne U and a 10-yr cooling time. The GA-9 cask is designed to carry nine BWR spent-fuel assemblies with a design-basis burnup level of 30 GWd/tonne U and a 10-yr cooling time.

• OSTI ID: 6034511
• Report Number(s): CONF-930601--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 68; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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