Recommendations for codes and standards to be used for design and fabrication of high level waste canister

Technical Report · Thu Jan 26 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6941692· OSTI ID:6941692

Bermingham, A. J.; Booker, R. J.; Booth, H. R.; Ruehle, W. G.; Shevekov, S.; Silvester, A. G.; Tagart, S. W.; Thomas, J. A.; West, R. G.

This study identifies codes, standards, and regulatory requirements for developing design criteria for high-level waste (HLW) canisters for commercial operation. It has been determined that the canister should be designed as a pressure vessel without provision for any overpressure protection type devices. It is recommended that the HLW canister be designed and fabricated to the requirements of the ASME Section III Code, Division 1 rules, for Code Class 3 components. Identification of other applicable industry and regulatory guides and standards are provided in this report. Requirements for the Design Specification are found in the ASME Section III Code. It is recommended that design verification be conducted principally with prototype testing which will encompass normal and accident service conditions during all phases of the canister life. Adequacy of existing quality assurance and licensing standards for the canister was investigated. One of the recommendations derived from this study is a requirement that the canister be N stamped. In addition, acceptance standards for the HLW waste should be established and the waste qualified to those standards before the canister is sealed. A preliminary investigation of use of an overpack for the canister has been made, and it is concluded that the use of an overpack, as an integral part of overall canister design, is undesirable, both from a design and economics standpoint. However, use of shipping cask liners and overpack type containers at the Federal repository may make the canister and HLW management safer and more cost effective. There are several possible concepts for canister closure design. These concepts can be adapted to the canister with or without an overpack. A remote seal weld closure is considered to be one of the most suitable closure methods; however, mechanical seals should also be investigated.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Services Corp., Campbell, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-77-C-06-1030
• OSTI ID: 6941692
• Report Number(s): RHO-C-13; NSC-1-78-004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CLOSURES
CONTAINERS
DESIGN
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PRESSURE VESSELS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RECOMMENDATIONS
SOLIDIFICATION
STANDARDS
STORAGE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES