Radioactive Material Transport Packages Research Articles

Test Facilities for Radioactive Materials Transport Packages (Bam, Germany)

This paper describes the facilities available through the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und Prüfung for Type A and Type B packages for the transport of radioactive materials.

Test Facilities for Radioactive Material Transport Packages (Chalk River Laboratories, Canada)

This paper describes the facilities and services available at AECL-Research, Chalk River Laboratories to test transport packages for radioactive material.

Test Facilities for Radioactive Material Transport Packages (Lne, Paris, France)

AbstractTest facilities at Laboratoire National d'Essais (LNE), covering Type A, Type B and Special Form

Test Facilities for Radioactive Materials Transport Packages (Pisa, Italy)

The facilities available at the Scalbatraio Laboratory, for testing packages for the transport of radioactive materials, are described.

Test Facilities for Radioactive Material Transport Packages (Danish Packaging and Transport, Research Institute)

The Danish facilities for testing packages for the transport of radioactive materials are briefly described.

Test Facilities for Radioactive Material Transport Packages (AEA Technology, Winfrith, UK)

Transport packages for radioactive materials are tested to demonstrate compliance with national and international regulations. The involvement of AEA Technology is traced from the establishment of the early IAEA Regulations. Transport package design, testing, assessment and approval requires a wide variety of skills and facilities. The comprehensive capability of AEA Technology in these areas is described with references to practical experience in the form of a short bibliography. The facilities described include drop-test cranes and targets (up to 700te); air guns for impacts up to sonic velocities; pool fires, furnaces and rigs for thermal tests including heat dissipation on prototype flasks; shielding facilities and instruments; criticality simulations and leak test instruments. These are illustrated with photographs demonstrating the comprehensive nature of package testing services supplied to customers.

Test Facilities for Radioactive Material Transport Packages (TNO Centre for Packaging Research, The Netherlands)

AbstractA brief description of the package test facilities at the TNO Centre for Packaging Research is given.

Test Facilities for Radioactive Material Transport Packages (Freiberg, Germany)

AbstractFacilities at Freiberg for impact, fire and leakage testing for packages for the transport of radioactive materials are described.

Test Facilities for Radioactive Material Transport Packages (Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, SP, Sweden)

AbstractPackaging test facilities and services under the control of the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute are descnbed.

Safety Testing and Evaluation of Radioactive Material Transport Packages

These tests adopt the packaging test programme of the IAEA's Type A packaging standard, including the water spray, free drop, puncture and stacking tests. The results of the tests on radioactive material packages under normal transport conditions show that the most frequent damage is indentation occurring at a rate of 36.7%. Splitting the outer shell is second at 6.6%, punctures occur at 4.3%, while the least frequent is deformation and breakage of the outer packaging. The total damage rate is 49.4%. The most serious cause of damage is perforation, causing 40% of cases. At the same time an on-the-spot investigation was made into the in-service damage occurrences. This showed that de-hooping of package casks was as high as 1.7% and the occurrence of splitting was 0.4%. There are few cases of holing and breaking. The total in-service damage rate was 2.2%.