The AEC's Guide to Nuclear Power Cost Evaluation, TID-7025 (March 1962), suggested that costs of $3 per kg U for fresh fuels and $16 per kg U for spent fuels be used for evaluation purposes. The work reported here is an attempt to provide a more detailed basis for shipping-cost estimation, so that differences inherent in the reactor and fuel assembly design may be accounted for. The methods presented follow generally the approach used by the author in computer codes MYRA and NORA. The major new features are that (l) design charts based on data correlations are used as a means of arriving at an approxi mate cask design, whereas the previous work depended on the use of computer codes, (2) the scope of the work has been enlarged to cover the shipment of fresh fuels, including those containing gamma-active recycled materials, and (3) a section on the shipment of certain fuel chemicals has been added, Recent changes in shipping regulations (December 1965) governing cask design have also been taken into account.nThis report will provide a rapid means of estimating fuel shipping costs for those who do not have access to the computer codes mentioned.
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