Issues related to the transport of a transportable storage cask after storage [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1991.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: 7 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Sandia National Laboratories, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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An evaluation was performed to assess whether the reliability of a transportable storage cask system and the risks associated with its use are comparable to those associated with existing transport cask systems and, if they are not, determine how the transportable storage cask system can be made as reliable as existing systems. Reliability and failure mode analyses of both transport-only casks and transportable storage casks and implementation options are compared. Current knowledge regarding the potential effects of a long-term dry storage environment on spent fuel and cask materials is reviewed. A summary assessment of the consideration for deploying a transportable storage cask (TSC) system with emphasis on preliminary design, validation and operational recommendations for TSC implementations is presented. The analyses conclude that a transportable storage cask can likely be shipped upopened by applying a combination of design considerations and operational constraints, including environmental monitoring and pretransport assessments of functional reliability of the cask. A proper mix of these constraints should yield risk parity with any existing transport cask.

Report Numbers:

E 1.99:sand--91-7101c
E 1.99: pnl-sa--20342
E 1.99: conf-920430--62
conf-920430--62
pnl-sa--20342
sand--91-7101c

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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1991.
"sand--91-7101c"
" pnl-sa--20342"
" conf-920430--62"
"DE92003196"
Jones, R.H.; Gilbert, E.R.; Sanders, T.L.; Creer, J.M.; Brimhall, J.L.; McConnell, P.

Funding Information:

AC04-76DP00789
AC06-76RL01830

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