REGULATORY TESTING AND 3D SCANNING METHODOLOGY OF THE DPP-1 TYPE SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR NCT AND HAC TESTS

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Abstract

The safe transportation of radioactive material using appropriately designed and certified transportation packages is important for protecting the public and environment. In the United States, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) regulates all transportation of radioactive material with input from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. All packages that contain radioactive materials must be transported and regulated by the requirements set by the DOT Class 7 transportation of hazardous material. Federal regulations place strict administrative controls on the transport of radioactive materials. The two main goals for transporting radioactive materials are that (1) safety is primarily focused on the package because it is the first line of defense and (2) package integrity is directly related to the degree of the hazard of the radioactive material contents. The two-part goal ensures that the correct package is used. Type B packages are designed to transport radioactive materials with the highest level of radioactivity. Examples of material transported in Type B packaging include spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, and high concentrations of other radioactive materials. The purpose of this test protocol was to determine the effects of structural and thermal testing on package performance in a Type B shipping package, Defense Program Package-1 (DPP-1).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOperations, Applications, and Components; Seismic Engineering; ASME Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnosis and Prognosis (NDPD) Division
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791886199
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
EventASME 2022 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2022 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: Jul 17 2022Jul 22 2022

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP
Volume5
ISSN (Print)0277-027X

Conference

ConferenceASME 2022 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, PVP 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period07/17/2207/22/22

Funding

This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

Keywords

  • DPP-1
  • NTRC
  • ORNL
  • Package Testing Program
  • Type B testing

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