Mechanical Analysis of a Transportation Accident Involving Empty Shipping Casks for Radioactive Materials Near Hilda, South Carolina, in November 1982.

摘要

An accident involving a passenger automobile and a tractor-trailer carrying two empty shipping casks for transporting low-level radioactive materials occurred on November 3, 1982, near Hilda, SC. The purpose of this report is to document the mechanical circumstances of the accident, and to assess the types and magnitudes of accident environments to which the casks were subjected. The report contains two major parts. The first concerns the accident description, which includes fact-finding and the inferred accident scenario. The second part deals with the mecahnical analysis of the accident, consisting of estimates of the impact loads and an assessment of the response of the casks and their tie-down systems. Discussions of results and recommendations are also included.