RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPENT FUEL SHIPPING CASKS AND THE CRITERIA FOR SEAGOING VESSEL CARRYING CASKS

Considering that the transportation of spent fuel will increase rapidly and extensively in the near future, Japanese Atomic Energy Committee enacted ''Technical Standard for Transportation of Radioactive Materials'' based on ''IAEA Regulation for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials 1973 Revised Edition''. Coping with the recommendation of AEC, Atomic Energy Bureau in Science and Technology Agency and other authorities concerned started to review the former ordinances for transportation of radioactive materials and to consolidate a unified system of relevant laws and standards. On the other hand, Atomic Energy Bureau has invested in research and development since ten years ago in order to obtain the data for design and licensing work of spent fuel shipping casks. In those studies some different scale models of a prototype of 80 tons in weight have been used to make clear the scale effect at the drop, pucture and fire tests, which are one of the features of Japanese research and development. And also the immersion test in high pressure water up to about 500 bars is now carried out to investigate the integrity of cask body and sealing structure to prevent leakage of radioactive contents to the ambient when the cask falls into deep sea. In Japan, depending on the site conditions of nuclear plants, almost all transportations of unirradiated and spent fuels are done on the sea. Therefore, in order to secure the safety of transportation, the design criteria of the seagoing vessels for exclusive transportation of spent fuel shipping casks, namely full load shipping, has been enacted, which aims to make minimum the probability of sinking at collison, stranding and other unforeseen accidents at sea and also to restrain radiation exposure of the crew as low as possible. (Atomindex citation 08:303381)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Available in microfiche only. International conference on nuclear power and its fuel cycles, Salzburg, Austria, 2 May 1977, 3.3.-.T.1./01. U.S. Sales Only.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Atomic Energy Agency

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

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casks; Crash data; Crash tests; Crashes; Freight security; Hazardous materials; Nuclear fuels; Occupational safety; Performance tests; Planning; Radioactive wastes; Regulation; Safety; Ships; Spent reactor fuels; Statistics; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety regulations
• Old TRIS Terms: Crew safety; Hazardous materials transportation; Performance testing; Thermal testing
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168631
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-770505-126
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1978 12:00AM