Integrated approach to trailer design for spent fuel casks
General Atomics (GA) is developing the GA-4 and GA-9 spent fuel transportation systems. The scope of our contract includes spent fuel casks, legal weight trailers, and ancillary equipment. Recent structural failures of spent fuel trailers have focused attention on trailer design. As a major element of spent fuel transportation systems, the concerns address the adequacy of trailer performance requirements, structural design and analysis, and in-service inspection and maintenance procedures. In response to these concerns, GA has applied an integrated approach to the design of the GA-4 and GA-9 transportation systems. The objectives are to design reliable, high-integrity trailers and to demonstrate their performance by test. Once the design is complete, a prototype trailer will be fabricated and a performance test program conducted in accordance with a comprehensive test program. GA's trailer test program will include both design and operations elements, and will be used to optimize the operations and maintenance plan. The results of this program will provide positive public and regulatory perception of trailer durability and will support the development of industry standards for both legal weight and overweight trailers for spent fuel applications. 2 figs.
- Research Organization:
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-88ID12698
- OSTI ID:
- 6224675
- Report Number(s):
- GA-A-19607; CONF-890207-8; ON: DE89007644
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waste management '89, Tucson, AZ, USA, 26 Feb 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Durability testing of the high-capacity GA-4/GA-9 trailer
High-capacity, high-strength trailer designs for the GA-4/GA-9 Casks