The Impact of Using Reduced-Capacity Baskets on Cask Fleet Size and Cask Fleet Mix

by D. S. Joy, Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, United States,
P. E. Johnson, Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, United States,
D. A. Andress, Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Oak Ridge, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: High Level Radioactive Waste Management 1993

Abstract:

The Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System transportation system will encounter a wide range of spent fuel characteristics. Since the Initiative I casks are being designed to transport 10-year-old fuel with a burnup of 35,000 MWd/MTU, there is a good likelihood that a number of the cask shipments will need to be derated in order to meet the Nuclear Regulatory Commission radiation guidelines. This report discusses the impact of cask derating by using reduced-capacity baskets. Cask derating, while enhancing the ability to move spent fuel with a wider range of age and burnup characteristics, increases the number of shipments; the amount of equipment (cask bodies, baskets, etc.); and the number of visits to both shipping and receiving sites required to transport a specific amount of spent fuel.

Subject Headings: Fuels | Nuclear power | Transportation management | Systems management | Freight transportation | Waste management | Radioactive wastes

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