EXPERIENCES WITH THE USE AND APPLICATION OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING TRANSPORT OF IRRADIATED FUELS AND OF PLUTONIUM

Concerning the transport of radioactive materials, that of irradiated fuels is the most important at the level of the radioactivity transported, since one container can carry several million curies. The transport of plutonium comprises the highest potential risk of contamination. In these two cases, however, the guidelines issued as early as the first editions of the I.A.E.A. Transport Regulations have been shown to be entirely suitable: this has been proven by the satisfactory behavior of these containers in real accidents. Tests of falls from great heights onto a hard surface have shown in particular that the idea of a ''non-deformable target'' is an extremely rigorous requirement. The only important change in the I.A.E.A. criteria for transport of irradiated fuels has been the increase of the contact dose rate from 200mr/hr to 1,000mr/hr. This change has contributed to the increased delicateness of the loading and unloading of the casks.Regulation fall tests for type B containers are perhaps not entirely adapted to light-weight containers which are more resistant to these tests than to those of dynamic crushing. (Atomindex citation 08:303930)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Available in microfiche only. In French, International conference on nuclear power and its fuel cycles, Salzburg, Austria, 2 May 1977, 3.B.-.P.1./07. U.S. Sales Only.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Atomic Energy Agency

  Vienna International Centre, P.O. Box 100
  Vienna A-1400,   Austria 
• Authors:
  • Sousselier, Y
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casks; Container handling; Fuel elements; Hazardous materials; Irradiation; Nuclear fuels; Plutonium; Radioactive materials; Regulation; Regulations; Safety; Spent reactor fuels; Transportation; Transportation policy
• Old TRIS Terms: Hazardous materials transportation; Irradiated nuclear fuel; Maximum permissible dose; Transport regulations
• Subject Areas: Law; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168632
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-770505-302
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1978 12:00AM