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Title: TRUPACT-II 157 Examination Report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/910719· OSTI ID:910719

This report presents the results of examination and recovery activities performed on the TRUPACT-II 157 shipping container. The container was part of a contact-handled transuranic waste shipment being transported on a truck to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico when an accident occurred. Although the transport vehicle sustained only minor damage, airborne transuranic contamination was detected in air samples extracted from inside TRUPACT-II 157 at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Consequently, the shipping container was rejected, resealed, and returned to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory where the payload was disassembled, examined, and recovered for subsequent reshipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. This report documents the results of those activities.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE - EM
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-99ID-13727
OSTI ID:
910719
Report Number(s):
INEEL/EXT-03-00209; TRN: US0800510
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English