Safety case for transporting spent nuclear fuel

Abstract

AbstractThe transportation safety case for transporting spent nuclear fuel is a requirement for licensing. It has both qualitative and semiquantitative aspects. The qualitative aspects include transportation regulations, radiation dose limits, role of the transportation package in transportation, transportation package certification process, training, emergency response, the performance of the transportation package in accidents and the evaluation of past transportation accidents. The quantitative aspects support the qualitative descriptions. Radiation doses accrued by members of the public and by workers are calculated using the code RADTRAN. Dose from both routine, incident free highway transportation and from highway transportation accidents are part of the safety case and will be compared with both background doses and the regulatory safety criteria. The radiation doses from routine transportation are calculated for the following: the maximally exposed member of the public, doses to vehicle escorts an...