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Title Aspiration requirements for the transportation of retrievably stored waste in the TRUPACT-2 package
Creator/Author Djordjevic, S. ; Drez, P. ; Murthy, D. (International Technology Corp., Albuquerque, NM (USA)) ; Temus, C. (Nuclear Packaging Corp., Federal Way, WA (USA))
Publication Date1990 Jan 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 5745318; Legacy ID: DE91011469
Report Number(s)CONF-900210-65
DOE Contract NumberAC04-86AL31950
Other Number(s)Other: ON: DE91011469
Resource TypeConference
Specific TypeTechnical Report
Resource RelationConference: Waste management 90: working towards a cleaner environment: waste processing, transportation, storage and disposal, technical programs and public education, Tucson, AZ (USA), 25 Feb - 1 Mar 1990
Research OrgWestinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (USA). Waste Isolation Div.
Sponsoring OrgDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
Subject11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; WASTE TRANSPORTATION; CONTAINERS; TRANSPORT REGULATIONS; CONTACT HANDLING; HYDROGEN; PACKAGING RULES; ELEMENTS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NONMETALS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REGULATIONS; TRANSPORT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES
Description/Abstract The Transuranic Package Transporter-II (TRUPACT-II) is the shipping package to be used for the transportation of contact-handled transuranic (CH TRU) waste between the various US Department of Energy (DOE) sites, and to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) located near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Waste (payload) containers to be transported in the TRUPACT-II package are required to be vented prior to being shipped. Venting'' refers to the installation of one or more carbon composite filters in the lid of the container, and the puncturing of a rigid liner (if present). This ensures that there is no buildup of pressure or potentially flammable gas concentrations in the container prior to transport. Payload containers in retrievable storage that have been stored in an unvented condition at the DOE sites, may have generated and accumulated potentially flammable concentrations of gases (primarily due to generation of hydrogen by radiolysis) during the unvented storage period. Such payload containers need to be aspirated for a sufficient period of time until safe pre-transport conditions (acceptably low hydrogen concentrations) are achieved. The period of time for which a payload container needs to be in a vented condition before qualifying for transport in a TRUPACT-II package is defined as the aspiration time.'' This paper presents the basis for evaluating the minimum aspiration time for a payload container that has been in unvented storage. Three different options available to the DOE sites for meeting the aspiration requirements are described in this paper. 4 refs., 2 figs.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatSize: Pages: (8 p)
AvailabilityOSTI; NTIS; INIS; GPO Dep.
System Entry Date2008 Sep 04

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