IAEA/USA Interregional course on
Preparations to Ship Spent Nuclear Fuel (1997)
Case Study: Sept. '96 Shipment
from Chile and Colombia to SRS
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Contact:
Mr. Keith Brown
Science Applications International Corp.
20201 Century Blvd., Third Floor
Germantown, MD 20874
Tel.: +1-301-353-8343
Fax: +1-301-428-1973
E-mail: Keith_Brown@ccmail.gmt.saic.com
IAEA/USA Interregional Training Course
Technical and Administrative Preparations Required for Shipment of Research Reactor Spent
Fuel to its Country of Origin
13-24 January 1997
Argonne, IL
Case Study: Sept. '96 Shipment
from Chile and Colombia to SRS
Keith Brown
Science Applications International Corporation
Chronology of Activities Leading Up to the South American SNF Shipment
ROD Issued |
5/13/96 |
| Assessment Team Visit to Chile, Colombia, and Brazil | 6/18-25/96 |
| Second Assessment Team Visit to Colombia | 7/23-24/96 |
| NAC-LWT Cask Arrives by Aircraft in Chile | 8/1/96 |
| NAC-LWT Cask Arrives via Ship in Colombia | 9/4/96 |
| Fuel Loaded in Chile | 8/23/96 |
| Vessel Departs Chile for Colombia | 8/27/96 |
| Fuel Loaded in Colombia | 9/14-15/96 |
| Colombia Cask Airlifted to Cartagena | 9/16/96 |
| Vessel Departs Colombia for U.S. | 9/16/96 |
| European and South American Vessels Arrive at Charleston, South Carolina | 9/22/96 |
| Casks Off Loaded from Vessels and Placed on Dedicated Train | 9/22/96 |
| Dedicated Train Arrives at Savannah River Site | 9/22/96 |
Challenges Accomplished
on the
South American Fuel Shipment
- Timely Arrival of the Shipping Cask in Santiago, Chile
- Completion of the Appendix A Data for the Colombian
Shipment
- Variance on the Cask Minimum Cooldown Time Requirement
on the Colombian Shipment
- Method of Handling the Slightly Irradiated Loose Plates
on the Colombian Shipment
- Change to the ROD Concerning the Point at which Title
to the Fuel Changes
- Decision to Airlift the Loaded Cask from Bogata to Cartagena, Colombia
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