The Department of Energy has established guidelines for the qualifications and training of technical experts preparing and reviewing the safety analysis report for packaging (SARP) and transportation of radioactive materials. One of the qualifications is a working knowledge of, and familiarity with the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, referred to hereafter as the ASME Code. DOE is sponsoring a course on the application of the ASME Code to the transportation packaging of radioactive materials. The course addresses both ASME design requirements and the safety requirements in the federal regulations. The main objective of this paper is to describe the salient features of the course, with the focus on the application of Section III, Divisions 1 and 3, and Section VIII of the ASME Code to the design and construction of the containment vessel and other packaging components used for transportation (and storage) of radioactive materials, including spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The training course includes the ASME Code-related topics that are needed to satisfy all Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulation Part 71 (10 CFR 71). Specifically, the topics include requirements for materials, design, fabrication, examination, testing, and quality assurance for containment vessels, bolted closures, components to maintain subcriticality, and other packaging components. The design addresses thermal and pressure loading, fatigue, nonductile fracture and buckling of these components during both normal conditions of transport and hypothetical accident conditions described in 10 CFR 71. Various examples are drawn from the review of certificate applications for Type B and fissile material transportation packagings.
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ASME 2005 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
July 17–21, 2005
Denver, Colorado, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Pressure Vessels and Piping Division
ISBN:
0-7918-4192-8
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Training in the Application of the ASME Code to Transportation Packaging of Radioactive Materials
V. N. Shah,
V. N. Shah
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
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B. Shelton,
B. Shelton
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
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R. Fabian,
R. Fabian
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
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S. W. Tam,
S. W. Tam
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
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Y. Y. Liu,
Y. Y. Liu
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
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J. Shuler
J. Shuler
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
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V. N. Shah
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
B. Shelton
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
R. Fabian
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
S. W. Tam
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
Y. Y. Liu
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
J. Shuler
U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
Paper No:
PVP2005-71698, pp. 601-612; 12 pages
Published Online:
July 29, 2008
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Shah, VN, Shelton, B, Fabian, R, Tam, SW, Liu, YY, & Shuler, J. "Training in the Application of the ASME Code to Transportation Packaging of Radioactive Materials." Proceedings of the ASME 2005 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. Volume 7: Operations, Applications, and Components. Denver, Colorado, USA. July 17–21, 2005. pp. 601-612. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2005-71698
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