Design and licensing of UKAEA IP 2m box
| Autor: | S. H. Marshall, R. P. Hows, R. A. Vaughan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Packaging, Transport, Storage & Security of Radioactive Material. 21:73-79 |
| ISSN: | 1746-5109 1746-5095 |
| Popis: | Croft Associates Ltd (Croft) was contracted by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Winfrith in 2006 to design, manufacture, test and license an intermediate level waste industrial package transport packaging (UKAEA 2 m Box Design no. 3954) for decommissioning waste from the Dragon and steam generating heavy water reactors at Winfrith. The package had to meet the requirements of the existing UK. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) (Nirex) 2 m Box specification. The UKAEA 2 m Box is intended for on-site storage at Winfrith and possibly another site for 50 years and subsequent transport to the NDA repository without further processing. The design of the box closure includes a leak testable sealing system which is capable of being replaced at a later date (e.g. before shipment), by the removal of the lid and replacement of seals remote from the box location. Initially the specification for the UKAEA 2 m Box called for rating for gross weight of 40 t, but this was raised to 50 t as... |
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