U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S PACKAGE PERFORMANCESTUDY FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL TRANSPORTATION

摘要

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is currently planning to conductconfirmatory analyses and testing of the performance of Type B spent nuclear fuel (SNF)packages during severe accidents. Current plans call for full-scale rail impact and thermaltests, with pre-test predictions, of a truck cask design (～50 ton) and a rail cask design (～140ton), in late 2004-2005. A public participatory process is being used to design and conductthis project, with a principle objective of increasing public confidence.