Type B drum packages

McCoy, J C

Title: Type B drum packages

Full Record
Other Related Research

Abstract

The Type B drum packages (TBD) are conceptualized as a family of containers in which a single 208 L or 114 L (55 gal or 30 gal) drum containing Type B quantities of radioactive material (RAM) can be packaged for shipment. The TBD containers are being developed to fill a void in the packaging and transportation capabilities of the U.S. Department of Energy as no container packaging single drums of Type B RAM exists offering double containment. Several multiple-drum containers currently exist, as well as a number of shielded casks, but the size and weight of these containers present many operational challenges for single-drum shipments. As an alternative, the TBD containers will offer up to three shielded versions (light, medium, and heavy) and one unshielded version, each offering single or optional double containment for a single drum. To reduce operational complexity, all versions will share similar design and operational features where possible. The primary users of the TBD containers are envisioned to be any organization desiring to ship single drums of Type B RAM, such as laboratories, waste retrieval activities, emergency response teams, etc. Currently, the TBD conceptual design is being developed with the final design and analysis to bemore »« less

Authors:: McCoy, J C

Publication Date:: Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994

Research Org.:: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 10179321

Report Number(s):: WHC-SA-2568; CONF-9408124-10
ON: DE94018153; TRN: 94:008094

DOE Contract Number:: AC06-87RL10930

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Transportation management annual workshop,Rockville, MD (United States),8-11 Aug 1994; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; CONTAINERS; DESIGN; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; TRANSPORT; PACKAGING; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; 420204; 052002; 290700; SHIPPING CONTAINERS; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE; TRANSPORT AND STORAGE

Citation Formats


                    McCoy, J C. Type B drum packages.  United States: N. p., 1994. 
        Web.

Copy to clipboard


                    McCoy, J C. Type B drum packages.  United States.

Copy to clipboard


                    McCoy, J C. 1994.  
        "Type B drum packages".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10179321.

Copy to clipboard


                    
@article{osti_10179321,

  title        = {Type B drum packages},

  author       = {McCoy, J C},

  abstractNote = {The Type B drum packages (TBD) are conceptualized as a family of containers in which a single 208 L or 114 L (55 gal or 30 gal) drum containing Type B quantities of radioactive material (RAM) can be packaged for shipment. The TBD containers are being developed to fill a void in the packaging and transportation capabilities of the U.S. Department of Energy as no container packaging single drums of Type B RAM exists offering double containment. Several multiple-drum containers currently exist, as well as a number of shielded casks, but the size and weight of these containers present many operational challenges for single-drum shipments. As an alternative, the TBD containers will offer up to three shielded versions (light, medium, and heavy) and one unshielded version, each offering single or optional double containment for a single drum. To reduce operational complexity, all versions will share similar design and operational features where possible. The primary users of the TBD containers are envisioned to be any organization desiring to ship single drums of Type B RAM, such as laboratories, waste retrieval activities, emergency response teams, etc. Currently, the TBD conceptual design is being developed with the final design and analysis to be completed in 1995 to 1996. Testing and certification of the unshielded version are planned to be completed in 1996 to 1997 with production to begin in 1997 to 1998.},

  doi          = {},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10179321},
  journal      = {},
number       = ,

  volume       = ,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},

  month        = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}

}

Copy to clipboard

Conference:

View Conference (0.49 MB)

Other availability

Please see Document Availability for additional information on obtaining the full-text document. Library patrons may search WorldCat to identify libraries that hold this conference proceeding.

Save / Share:

Export Metadata

Save to My Library

Similar records in OSTI.GOV collections:

Packaging design criteria for the Type B Drum

Technical Report Edwards, W; Smith, R; Wells, A

The Type B Drum package is a transportation cask capable of shipping a single 55-gal (208 L) drum of transuranic (TRU) waste. The Type B Drum is smaller than existing certified packages, such as the TRUPACT-II cask, but will allow payloads with higher thermal and gas generation rates, thus providing greater operational flexibility. The Type B Drum package has double containment so that plutonium contents and other radioactive material may be transported in Type B quantities. Conceptual designs of unshielded and shielded versions of the Type B Drum were completed in Report on the Conceptual Design of the Unshielded Typemore »« less
https://doi.org/10.2172/114663

Full Text Available
Type B Drum Packages

Conference Edwards, W.

The Type B Drum package is a container in which a single drum containing Type B quantities of radioactive material will be packaged for shipment. The Type B Drum containers are being developed to fill a void in the packaging and transportation capabilities of the US Department of Energy (DOE), as no double containment packaging for single drums of Type B radioactive material is currently available. Several multiple-drum containers and shielded casks presently exist. However, the size and weight of these containers present multiple operational challenges for single-drum shipments. The Type B Drum containers will offer one unshielded version and,more »« less
https://doi.org/10.2172/114663

Full Text Available
EARLY TESTS OF DRUM TYPE PACKAGINGS - THE LEWALLEN REPORT

Conference Smith, A

The need for robust packagings for radioactive materials (RAM) was recognized from the earliest days of the nuclear industry. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Rocky Flats Plant developed a packaging for shipment of Pu in the early 1960's, which became the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 6M specification package. The design concepts were employed in other early packagings. Extensive tests of these at Savannah River Laboratory (now Savannah River National Laboratory) were performed in 1969 and 1970. The results of these tests were reported in 'Drum and Board-Type Insulation Overpacks of Shipping Packages for Radioactive Materials', by E. E.more »« less
Full Text Available
DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRU WASTE TRANSPORTATION FLEET--A SUCCESS STORY

Conference Devarakonda, Murthy; Morrison, Cindy; Brown, Mike

Since March 1999, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), located in southeastern New Mexico, has been operated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), as a repository for the permanent disposal of defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste. More than 1,450 shipments of TRU waste for WIPP disposal have been completed, and the WIPP is currently receiving 12 to 16 shipments per week from five DOE sites around the nation. One of the largest fleets of Type B packagings supports the transportation of TRU waste to WIPP. This paper discusses the development of this fleet since the originalmore »« less
Full Text Available
Repackaging of High Fissile TRU Waste at the Transuranic Waste Processing Center - 13240

Conference Oakley, Brian; Heacker, Fred; McMillan, Bill

Twenty-six drums of high fissile transuranic (TRU) waste from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) operations were declared waste in the mid-1980's and placed in storage with the legacy TRU waste inventory for future treatment and disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Repackaging and treatment of the waste at the TRU Waste Packaging Center (TWPC) will require the installation of additional equipment and capabilities to address the hazards for handling and repackaging the waste compared to typical Contact Handled (CH) TRU waste that is processed at the TWPC, including potential hydrogen accumulation in legacy 6M/2R packaging configurations, potential presencemore »« less

Similar Records