NEW APPROACH TO ADDRESSING GAS GENERATION IN RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PACKAGING Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title NEW APPROACH TO ADDRESSING GAS GENERATION IN RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PACKAGING

Creator

  • Author: Watkins, R
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Leduc, D
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Askew, N
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: Savannah River Site (S.C.)
    Place of Publication: South Carolina
    Additional Info: SRS

Date

  • Creation: 2009-06-25

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Safety Analysis Reports for Packaging (SARP) document why the transportation of radioactive material is safe in Type A(F) and Type B shipping containers. The content evaluation of certain actinide materials require that the gas generation characteristics be addressed. Most packages used to transport actinides impose extremely restrictive limits on moisture content and oxide stabilization to control or prevent flammable gas generation. These requirements prevent some users from using a shipping container even though the material to be shipped is fully compliant with the remaining content envelope including isotopic distribution. To avoid these restrictions, gas generation issues have to be addressed on a case by case basis rather than a one size fits all approach. In addition, SARP applicants and review groups may not have the knowledge and experience with actinide chemistry and other factors affecting gas generation, which facility experts in actinide material processing have obtained in the last sixty years. This paper will address a proposal to create a Gas Generation Evaluation Committee to evaluate gas generation issues associated with Safety Analysis Reports for Packaging material contents. The committee charter could include reviews of both SARP approved contents and new contents not previously evaluated in a SARP.

Subject

  • Keyword: Stabilization
  • Keyword: Oxides
  • Keyword: Actinides
  • Keyword: Processing
  • Keyword: Radioactive Materials
  • Keyword: Transport
  • Keyword: Safety Analysis
  • STI Subject Categories: 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials
  • Keyword: Packaging
  • Keyword: Nuclear Materials Management
  • Keyword: Moisture
  • Keyword: Chemistry
  • Keyword: Distribution
  • Keyword: Evaluation
  • Keyword: Containers

Source

  • Conference: 2009 Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: SRNL-STI-2009-00418
  • Grant Number: DE-AC09-08SR22470
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 958123
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc934881

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