Full scale Cask Program at ORNL. [HWCTR cask]
The Obsolete Cask Program was initiated to study the behavior of large casks under specified destructive test conditions and to establish the adequacy of the calculational techniques that are presently employed to predict cask damage. The Heavy Water Component Test Reactor (HWCTR) Cask was subjected to two impact tests, which involved 9 m drops onto a solid, essentially unyielding surface. The cask, weighing about 21,000 kg, was first dropped at an oblique angle onto its non-closure end with the longitudinal axis at an angle of 30/sup 0/ from the horizontal. In the second test, the cask was rotated 180/sup 0/ about its longitudinal axis and dropped at an 11/sup 0/ angle from the vertical which placed the center of gravity directly over the point of impact. The hoisting equipment at the Tower Shielding Facility (TSF) was used to make the drops. The resulting damage did not significantly affect the cask shielding or containment.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7347776
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-760813-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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