Spent-fuel shipping and cask-handling studies in wet and dry environments. Studies and research concerning BNFP

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6352376· OSTI ID:6352376

McCreery, P N

A demonstration cask system has been constructed specifically to be used in examining unconventional techniques in handling spent fuel and fuel-hauling casks. This report demonstrates, through a series of photographs, some of these techniques and discusses others. It includes wet and dry operations, loading and unloading horizontally and vertically, mobile on-site carriers that can eliminate the need for some cranes and, in general, many of the operational options that are open in the design of future fuel handling systems.

• Research Organization: Allied-General Nuclear Services, Barnwell, SC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-78ET35900
• OSTI ID: 6352376
• Report Number(s): AGNS-35900-1.1-184; ON: DE83006263
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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