Technical and Regulatory Considerations in Using Freight Containers as Industrial Packages
- ORNL
- Washington Savannah River Company
- R. B. Natali Consulting, Inc.
The US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental Management (EM), is actively pursuing activities to reduce the radiological risk and clean up the environmental legacy of the nation's nuclear weapons programmes. The EM has made significant progress in recent years in the clean-up and closure of sites and is also focusing on longer term activities necessary for the completion of the clean-up programme. The packaging and transportation of contaminated demolition debris and low level waste materials in a safe and cost effective manner are essential in completing this mission. Toward this end, the US Department of Transportation's Final Rule on Hazardous Materials Regulation issued on 26 January 2004, included a new provision authorising the use of freight containers (e.g. 20 and 40 ft ISO containers) as industrial packages type 2 or 3. This paper will discuss the technical and regulatory considerations in using these newly authorised and large packages for the packaging and transportation of low level waste materials.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- EM USDOE - Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 976015
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: PATRAM 2007, Miami, FL, USA, 20071021, 20071026
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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