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Title: GA-4/GA-9 legal weight truck from reactor spent fuel shipping casks

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6782405· OSTI ID:6782405

The preliminary design report presents the results of General Atomics (GA) preliminary design effort to develop weight truck from reactor spent fuel shipping casks. The thermal evaluation of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) cask considered normal and hypothetical accident conditions of transport. We employed analytical modeling as well as fire testing of the neutron shielding material to perform the evaluation. This document addresses the thermal design features of the cask, discusses thermal criteria, and summarizes the results of the thermal evaluation, as well as results of structural containment and nuclear evaluations that support the design. Also included are the results of trade-off studies. 69 refs., 103 figs., 76 tabs.

Research Organization:
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE/RW
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-88ID12698
OSTI ID:
6782405
Report Number(s):
DOE/ID/12698-1-Vol.2; GA-A-19862-Vol.2; ON: DE90013719; TRN: 90-023046
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English