A major milestone in 2003 on the Big Rock Point (BRP) decommissioning project involved shipping the Reactor Vessel (RV) in a steel cask for burial. The Reactor Vessel Transport System (RVTS) cask was a sealed integral container, which provided necessary radiological shielding and containment of radioactive waste for shipping and disposal. The RVTS, using the provisions of the ASME BPVC Section III, Subsection NB, was designed as a Type B package in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 71. This included meeting Normal Condition of Transport (NCT) and the Hypothetical Accident Conditions (HAC) loading per 10 CFR 71, Regulatory Guide 7.6, “Design Criteria for the Structural Analysis of Shipping Cask Containment Vessels,” Regulatory Guide 7.8, “Load Combinations for the Structural Analysis of Shipping Casks for Radioactive Material” and Regulatory Guide 7.11, “Fracture Toughness Criteria of Base Material for Ferritic Steel Shipping Cask Containment Vessels with a Maximum Wall Thickness of 4 Inches.” The RVTS was designed to withstand accelerations and shocks postulated during highway and rail transit using guidelines from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and ANSI N14.2. The design analysis methodology, fabrication process and transportation planning for the Big Rock RVTS Cask are presented in this paper.
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ASME 2014 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference
July 20–24, 2014
Anaheim, California, USA
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- Pressure Vessels and Piping Division
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978-0-7918-4606-3
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Design and Analysis of Shipping Container for Big Rock Decommissioned Reactor Vessel Available to Purchase
Bruce (Bart) Slimp,
Bruce (Bart) Slimp
Sargent & Lundy LLC, Chicago, IL
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Phuong H. Hoang
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Bruce (Bart) Slimp
Sargent & Lundy LLC, Chicago, IL
Mick Papp
Sargent & Lundy LLC, Chicago, IL
Phuong H. Hoang
Sargent & Lundy LLC, Chicago, IL
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PVP2014-28798, V007T07A026; 11 pages
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November 18, 2014
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Slimp, B(, Papp, M, & Hoang, PH. "Design and Analysis of Shipping Container for Big Rock Decommissioned Reactor Vessel." Proceedings of the ASME 2014 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. Volume 7: Operations, Applications and Components. Anaheim, California, USA. July 20–24, 2014. V007T07A026. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2014-28798
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