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GA-4 and GA-9 Legal Weight Truck Shipping Cask Development

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6046360
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  2. Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

General Atomics (GA), under contract to the Idaho Operations Office of the US Department of Energy, is developing two new legal weight truck spent fuel shipping casks that will carry four PWR or nine BWR spent fuel assemblies. They are being developed for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) to meet its mission to dispose of nuclear wastes at a permanent disposal site. Our primary goal is to maximize the number of fuel elements of each fuel type that a LWT cask can carry, while ensuring that the design meets all NRC licensing requirements.

Research Organization:
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-88ID12698
OSTI ID:
6046360
Report Number(s):
GA-A-19703; CONF-890631-58; ON: DE89014247
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English