Certification challenges in the development of an innovative high payload capacity spent fuel transportation cask

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6285255

Mair, B R; Severson, M J; Ciez, A P ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)

The design approach and certification strategy used in the development of an innovative transportation cask for legal weight truck shipments of spent nuclear fuel is presented. The proposed approach represents a significant departure from conventional cask designs in that it uses titanium alloy, a material with a high strength-to-weight ratio which has no precedent in transportation cask certification. The significant increase in payload obtainable with the proposed approach, and the associated benefits such as reduced life cycle costs, lower personnel exposure, and lower transportation accident risks are discussed. 8 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/RW
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-88ID12699
• OSTI ID: 6285255
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-90071; CONF-900406-77; ON: DE91006204; TRN: 91-002685
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1. international topical meeting on high-level radioactive waste management, Las Vegas, NV (USA), 8-12 Apr 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
SPENT FUEL CASKS
DESIGN
SPENT FUELS
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
CERTIFICATION
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
RADIATION DOSES
ROAD TRANSPORT
TITANIUM ALLOYS
ALLOYS
CASKS
CONTAINERS
DOSES
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
LAND TRANSPORT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FUELS
REACTOR MATERIALS
TRANSPORT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
420204* - Engineering- Shipping Containers
050900 - Nuclear Fuels- Transport
Handling
& Storage