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The Packaging Handbook -- A guide to package design

The Packaging Handbook is a compilation of 14 technical chapters and five appendices that address the life cycle of a packaging which is intended to transport radioactive material by any transport mode in normal commerce. Although many topics are discussed in depth, this document focuses on the design aspects of a packaging. The Handbook, which is being prepared under the direction of the US Department of Energy, is intended to provide a wealth of technical guidance that will give designers a b… more

Date: December 31, 1995

Creator: Shappert, L. B.

Item Type: Article

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Idaho National Engineering Laboratory code assessment of the Rocky Flats transuranic waste

This report is an assessment of the content codes associated with transuranic waste shipped from the Rocky Flats Plant in Golden, Colorado, to INEL. The primary objective of this document is to characterize and describe the transuranic wastes shipped to INEL from Rocky Flats by item description code (IDC). This information will aid INEL in determining if the waste meets the waste acceptance criteria (WAC) of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The waste covered by this content code assessme… more

Date: July 1, 1995

Item Type: Report

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Aspiration requirements for the transportation of retrievably stored waste in the TRUPACT-2 package

The Transuranic Package Transporter-II (TRUPACT-II) is the shipping package to be used for the transportation of contact-handled transuranic (CH TRU) waste between the various US Department of Energy (DOE) sites, and to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) located near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Waste (payload) containers to be transported in the TRUPACT-II package are required to be vented prior to being shipped. Venting'' refers to the installation of one or more carbon composite filters in the … more

Date: January 1, 1990

Creator: Djordjevic, S.; Drez, P.; Murthy, D. & Temus, C.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Transportation and packaging resource guide

The purpose of this resource guide is to provide a convenient reference document of information that may be useful to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractor personnel involved in packaging and transportation activities. An attempt has been made to present the terminology of DOE community usage as it currently exists. DOE`s mission is changing with emphasis on environmental cleanup. The terminology or nomenclature that has resulted from this expanded mission is included for the p… more

Date: December 1, 1994

Creator: Arendt, J. W.; Gove, R. M. & Welch, M. J.

Item Type: Report

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Automated Transportation Management System (ATMS) user`s manual. Revision 1

The Automated Transportation Management System (ATMS) Software User Guide (SUG) constitutes the user procedures for the ATMS System. Information in this document will be used by the user to operate the automated system. It is intended to be used as a reference manual to guide and direct the user(s) through the ATMS software product and its environment. The objectives of ATMS are as follows: to better support the Procurement function with freight rate information; to free Transportation Logistic… more

Date: October 19, 1994

Creator: Smith, P. D.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Comparison of actual and predicted routes used in the shipment of radioactive materials

A number of highway controlled shipments of radioactive materials have been made over the past several years. An excellent example showing the variability of actual routes is the transfer of 45 shipments between the Three Mile Island reactor in Pennsylvania and Scoville, Idaho in 1982 and 1983. Six different routes varying between 2273 and 2483 miles were used. Approximately 75% of these shipments followed a common route which passed through ten Urbanized Areas, defined by the Census Bureau as … more

Date: January 1, 1985

Creator: Joy, D.S.; Johnson, P.E. & Harrison, I.G.

Item Type: Article

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High-capacity, high-strength trailer designs for the GA-4/GA-9 Casks

General Atomics (GA) is developing final designs for two dedicated legal-weight trailers to transport the GA-4 and GA-9 Spent-Fuel Casks. The basic designs for these high-capacity, high-strength trailers are essentially identical except for small modifications to account for the differences in cask geometry. We are designing both trailers to carry a 55,000 lb (24,900 kg) payload and to withstand a 2.5 g vertical design load. The GA-4 and GA-9 trailers are designed for significantly higher loads… more

Date: January 1, 1991

Creator: Kissinger, J.A.; Rickard, N.D.; Taylor, C. & Zimmer, A.

Item Type: Article

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Public information circular for shipments of irradiated reactor fuel. Revision 5

This circular has been prepared in response to numerous requests for information regarding routes used for the shipment of irradiated reactor (spent) fuel subject to regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and to meet the requirements of Public Law 96-295. The NRC staff must approve such routes prior to their first use in accordance with the regulatory provisions of Section 73.37 of 10 CFR Part 73. The information included reflects NRC staff knowledge as of June 1, 1985. Spent fu… more

Date: June 1, 1985

Item Type: Report

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Method of calculating test leakage rate for a spent fuel cask

This report presents a method for calculating containment test leakage rates of radionuclides from an example spent fuel cask. Three releasable radioactive sources are considered: residual contamination in the cask cavity, crud on the fuel elements, and the radionuclides within the fuel rods. The ANSI N14.5 standard is used to calculate the test leakage rates from the maximum permissible releases determined from 10 CFR 71 containment requirements. 6 refs., 2 tabs.

Date: June 13, 1990

Creator: Fischer, L. E.

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Spent Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Report

This publication is intended to provide its readers with an introduction to the issues surrounding the subject of transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, especially as those issues impact the southern region of the United States. It was originally issued by SSEB in July 1987 as the Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Primer, a document patterned on work performed by the Western Interstate Energy Board and designed as a ``comprehensiv… more

Date: March 1, 1992

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Assessment of the risk of transporting plutonium dioxide by cargo aircraft

To enable easy comparison, all the plutonium shipping evaluations have used the same bases. In each, the results have been related to a future time--the early 1980s--when plutonium shipments are expected to be more frequent. The characteristics of the nuclear economy used in this analysis are: A total of 18 metric tons (MT) of plutonium is shipped annually, via the mode being evaluated. 100 kg of plutonium are transported per shipment. For air shipment, a truck and air segment are considered. T… more

Date: June 1, 1977

Creator: McSweeney, T. I. & Johnson, J. F.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Manifest requirements. RCRA Information Brief

Specific pretransport regulatory requirements must be met by DOE prior to shipment of hazardous waste, low-level wastes (LLW), and radioactive mixed wastes (RMW). The pretransport requirements are intended to help reduce the risk of loss or leakage of, or exposure to, hazardous wastes, LLW, and RMW during shipment; and to communicate information on potential hazards to shippers, carriers, or receivers of waste shipments, and emergency response personnel in the event of an accident, spill, or le… more

Date: April 1, 1994

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Pretransport requirements for waste generators. RCRA Information Brief

Specific pretransport regulatory requirements must be met by DOE prior to shipment of hazardous waste, low-level wastes (LLW), and radioactive mixed wastes (RMW). The pretransport requirements are intended to help reduce the risk of loss or leakage of, exposure to, hazardous wastes, LLW, and RMW during shipment; and to communicate information on potential hazards to shippers, carriers, or receivers of waste shipments, and emergency response personnel in the event of an accident, spill or leak. … more

Date: April 1, 1994

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Transportation of RCRA hazardous wastes. RCRA Information Brief

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA) regulate the transport of hazardous wastes. Under these statutes, specific pretransport regulatory requirements must be met by DOE before the shipment of hazardous wastes, including radioactive mixed wastes. The pretransport requirements are designed to help reduce the risk of loss, leakage, or exposure during shipment of hazardous materials and to communicate information on potential hazards… more

Date: April 1, 1994

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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A fuel response model for the design of spent fuel shipping casks

The radiological source terms pertinent to spent fuel shipping cask safety assessments are of three distinct origins. One of these concerns residual contamination within the cask due to handling operations and previous shipments. A second is associated with debris (''crud'') that had been deposited on the fuel rods in the course of reactor operation, and a third involves the radioactive material contained within the rods. Although the lattermost source of radiotoxic material overwhelms the othe… more

Date: January 1, 1989

Creator: Malinauskas, Anthony P.; Duffey, Thomas A.; Einziger, Robert E.; Hobbins, R. R.; Jordon, Hans; Rashid, Y. R. et al.

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Work plan for the fabrication of the radioisotope thermoelectric generator transportation system package mounting

The Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) has available a dedicated system for the transportation of RTG payloads. The RTG Transportation System (System 100) is comprised of four systems; the Package (System 120), the Semi-trailer (System 140), the Gas Management (System 160), and the Facility Transport (System 180). This document provides guidelines on the fabrication, technical requirements, and quality assurance of the Package Mounting (Subsystem 145), part of System 140. The descripti… more

Date: November 9, 1994

Creator: Satoh, J. A.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Packaging design criteria modified fuel spacer burial box. Revision 1

Various Hanford facilities must transfer large radioactively contaminated items to burial/storage. Presently, there are eighteen Fuel Spacer Burial Boxes (FSBBs) available on the Hanford Site for transport of such items. Previously, the FSBBS were transported from a rail car to the burial trench via a drag-off operation. To allow for the lifting of the boxes into the burial trench, it will be necessary to improve the packagings lifting attachments and provide structural reinforcement. Additiona… more

Date: September 13, 1994

Creator: Stevens, P. F.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Southern States` Routing Agency Report

The Southern States` Routing Agency Report is a compendium of 16-southern states` routing program for the transportation of high-level radioactive materials. The report identifies the state-designated routing agencies as defined under 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 171 and provides a reference to the source and scope of the agencies` rulemaking authority. Additionally, the state agency and contact designated by the state`s governor to receive advance notification and shipment routing… more

Date: March 1, 1990

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Title list of documents made publicly available: January 1--31, 1996. Volume 18, Number 1

This monthly publication contains descriptions of the information received and generated by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This information includes (1) docketed material associated with civilian nuclear power plants and other uses of radioactive materials and (2) nondocketed material received and generated by NRC pertinent to its role as a regulatory agency. As used here, docketed refers to the system by which NRC maintains its regulatory records. This series of documents is index… more

Date: March 1, 1996

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Transportation requirements for the disposition of excess weapon plutonium by burning in fission reactors

Both the US and Russia are planning to dispose of about 50 Mg of excess weapon plutonium over a 25-year period. One option is to transfer the plutonium to Advanced Light Water (power) Reactors (ALWRs) for use as fuel. Subsequent disposal would then be considered commercial spent fuel. This disposition option, like others, involves the transportation of plutonium in various material forms as it proceeds through various points in the recovery operation. This paper examines both the disposition op… more

Date: January 1, 1996

Creator: Hovingh, J. & Walter, C.E.

Item Type: Article

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Site and facility transportation services planning documents

The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) will eventually ship Purchasers' (10 CFR 961.3) spent nuclear fuel from approximately 122 commercial nuclear facilities. The preparation and processing of Site and Facility Specific Transportation Services Planning Documents (SPDs) and Site Specific Servicing Plans (SSSPs) provides a focus for advanced planning and the actual shipping of waste, as well as the overall development of transportation requirements for the waste transportati… more

Date: January 1, 1990

Creator: Ratledge, J.E. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)); Danese, L. & Schmid, S. (Science Applications International Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (USA))

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State alternative route designations

Pursuant to the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), the Department of Transportation (DOT) has promulgated a comprehensive set of regulations regarding the highway transportation of high-level radioactive materials. These regulations, under HM-164 and HM-164A, establish interstate highways as the preferred routes for the transportation of radioactive materials within and through the states. The regulations also provide a methodology by which a state may select alternative routes. Fir… more

Date: July 1, 1989

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Midwestern High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Project

For more than half a century, the Council of State Governments has served as a common ground for the states of the nation. The Council is a nonprofit, state-supported and -directed service organization that provides research and resources, identifies trends, supplies answers and creates a network for legislative, executive and judicial branch representatives. This List of Available Resources was prepared with the support of the US Department of Energy, Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC02-89CH1040… more

Date: December 1, 1990

Creator: Dantoin, T.S.

Item Type: Report

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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HIGHWAY 3. 1: An enhanced HIGHWAY routing model: Program description, methodology, and revised user's manual

The HIGHWAY program provides a flexible tool for predicting highway routes for transporting radioactive materials in the United States. The HIGHWAY data base is essentially a computerized road atlas that currently describes over 240,000 miles of highways. Complete descriptions of all Interstate System and most US highways (except those that parallel a nearby Interstate highway) are included in the data base. Many of the principal state highways and a number of local and county highways are also… more

Date: March 1, 1993

Creator: Johnson, P.E.; Joy, D.S. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)); Clarke, D.B. & Jacobi, J.M. (Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Transportation Center)

Item Type: Report

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