"How SAFE are radioactive material transportation packages?" | |||||||||||||||||||
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Accurate determination of package behavior for impact and puncture accidents can be obtained by testing sub-scale models. This technique is frequently used in conjunction with full-scale tests and computer analyses. Full-scale spent fuel packages can weigh 250,000 pounds (three fully loaded semi-trucks) or more, therefore the ability to determine the behavior with scale-models improves testing safety and reduces testing costs. ***
*** Because leakage past seals does not scale, packages that are certified using scale model tests enforce no-deformation in the closure region to guarantee there is no leakage. | |||||||||||||||||||
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