Shielding and Containment Evaluations of the NAC-LWT Cask with Tritium Burnable Poison Rods

Conference · Sun Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2000

OSTI ID:786285

Pfeifer, Holger; Meinert, Norman

In 1989, the NAC legal weight truck cask (NAC-LWT) was approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to transport either one pressurized water reactor (PWR) fuel assembly or two boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel assemblies. Since that time, license amendments have allowed the shipment of high-burnup PWR and BWR fuel rods, MTR-type research reactor fuel elements, and TRIGA-type fuel elements. In 1999, DOE approved an NAC-LWT submittal for a shipment of lead test assemblies (LTAs) containing tritium-producing burnable poison rods (TPBARs). This paper presents the 10 CFR Part 71 shielding and containment evaluations of the NAC-LWT with the LTA payload.

• Research Organization: NAC International, Norcross, GA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: none (US)
• OSTI ID: 786285
• Report Number(s): none; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
42 ENGINEERING
BURNABLE POISONS
BWR TYPE REACTORS
CASKS
CONTAINMENT
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
EVALUATION
FUEL ASSEMBLIES
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL RODS
MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
SAFETY ANALYSIS
SHIELDING
TRIGA TYPE REACTORS
TRITIUM