High-Level Waste Transportation-System Development Program design report for Fiscal Year 1980

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6900719

This report summarizes the work done on the high-level defense waste (HLDW) transportation system at General Atomic in FY 80. This system will transport HLDW from the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) at Savannah River to a federal repository. A design goal of the HLDW transportation system is also to be able to transport solidified HLDW generated at the Hanford and Idaho sites and solidified commercial high-level waste generated at West Valley. Design concepts have been generated on the basis of the Savannah River DWPF reference waste form, which is borosilicate glass placed in a 610-mm (24-in.) diameter by 3-m (9 ft-10 in.) long stainless steel canister. Work was directed toward establishment of a system design basis and consolidated waste criteria as well as selection of a reference design. The reference design is an 81,650-kg (90-ton), solid-steel-body rail cask with a convertible basket and a five- to eight-canister capacity. The cask is carried on a standard four-axle rail car with a maximum gross vehicle weight of 119,300 kg (263,000 lb). 56 figures, 56 tables.

• Research Organization: General Atomic Co., San Diego, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6900719
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-7202; GA-A-16124; TTC-0202; ON: DE83002965
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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