An experimental procedure for measuring accelerations and strains from a tie down system of a heavy nuclear transport package during a rail journey

Cummings, A. D.; Krywonos, J; Purcell, P.; Rothwell, Glynn; English, Russell

doi:10.1179/1746510913y.0000000014

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“…This type of modelling is needed to inform the choice of test options and to characterize the range of cask/cradle designs in existence. The cask/cradle system illustrated in Cummings, et al (2012) can be approximated in a numerical model as one candidate. The existing approximate TN-32 cask and saddle model requires some refinement and further study.…”

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Used fuel rail shock and vibration testing options analysis

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This report fulfills the requirements for milestone M3FT-14PN0813032 "Fuel Assembly Test Plan" under work package FT-14PN081303. The objective of the rail shock and vibration tests is to complete the framework needed to quantify loads of fuel assembly components that are necessary to guide materials research and establish a technical basis for review organizations such as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). A significant body of experimental and numerical modeling data exists to quantify loads and failure limits applicable to normal conditions of transport (NCT) rail transport, but the data are based on assumptions that can only be verified through experimental testing. The test options presented in this report represent possible paths for acquiring the data that are needed to confirm the assumptions of previous work, validate modeling methods that will be needed for evaluating transported fuel on a case-by-case basis, and inform material test campaigns on the anticipated range of fuel loading. The ultimate goal of this testing is to close all of the existing knowledge gaps related to the loading of used fuel under NCT conditions and inform the experiments and analysis program on specific endpoints for their research. The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE), Office of Fuel Cycle Technology, established the Used Fuel Disposition Campaign (UFDC) to conduct the research and development activities related to storage, transportation, and disposal of used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The mission of the UFDC is to identify alternatives and conduct scientific research and technology development to enable storage, transportation, and disposal of used nuclear fuel (UNF) and wastes generated by existing and future nuclear fuel cycles. The Storage and Transportation staff within the UFDC are responsible for addressing issues regarding the extended or long-term storage of UNF and its subsequent transportation. Until a disposition pathway, e.g., recycling or geologic disposal, is chosen and implemented, the storage periods for UNF will likely be longer than were originally intended.

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Section: Preliminary Modeling Of Cask/cradlementioning

confidence: 99%