SPENT FUEL SHIPPING CASK ACCIDENT EVALUATION

Mathematical models have been developed to simulate the dynamic behavior, following a hypothetical accident and fire, of typical casks designed for the rail shipment of spent fuel from nuclear reactors, and to determine the extent of radioactive releases under postulated conditions. The casks modeled were the IF-300, designed by the General Electric Company for the shipment of spent LWR fuel, and a cask designed by the Aerojet Manufacturing Company for the shipment of spent LMFBR fuel. (ERA citation 02:035845)

• Corporate Authors:

  Handling-Energy

  Brussels,   Belgium 

  Energy Research and Development Administration

  20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Fields, S R
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 374 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casks; Coolants; Crash risk forecasting; Crashes; Crashworthiness; Fires; Fission; Hazardous materials; Loss and damage; Mathematical models; Nuclear reactors; Packaging; Performance tests; Radioactive materials; Radioactive materials; Railroad transportation; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Safety; Simulation; Spent reactor fuels; Transportation; Water cooled reactors
• Old TRIS Terms: Fission product release; Impact vulnerability; Lmfbr type reactors; Loss of coolant; Performance testing
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00166622
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: EY-76-C-14-2170
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 1978 12:00AM