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Rail-Cask Tests: Normal-Conditionsof- Transport Tests of Surrogate PWR Fuel Assemblies in an ENSA ENUN 32P Cask

McConnell, Paul E.; Ross, Steven B.; Grey, Carissa A.; Uncapher, William L.; Arviso, Michael A.; Garmendia, Rafael Glez.; Fernandez Perez, Ismael F.; Palacio, Alejandro P.; Calleja, Guillermo C.; Garrido, David G.; Rodriguez Casas, Ana R.; Gonzalez Garcia, Luis G.; Chilton, Lyman W.; Ammerman, Douglas J.; Walz, Jacob W.; Gershon, Sabina G.; Saltzstein, Sylvia J.; Sorenson, Ken S.; Klymyshyn, Nicholas K.; Hanson, Brady D.; Pena, Ruben P.; Walker, Russell W.

This report describes tests conducted using a full-size rail cask, the ENSA ENUN 32P, involving handling of the cask and transport of the cask via truck, ships, and rail. The purpose of the tests was to measure strains and accelerations on surrogate pressurized water reactor fuel rods when the fuel assemblies were subjected to Normal Conditions of Transport within the rail cask. In addition, accelerations were measured on the transport platform, the cask cradle, the cask, and the basket within the cask holding the assemblies. These tests were an international collaboration that included Equipos Nucleares S.A., Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Coordinadora Internacional de Cargas S.A., the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., the Korea Radioactive Waste Agency, and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. All test results in this report are PRELIMINARY – complete analyses of test data will be completed and reported in FY18. However, preliminarily: The strains were exceedingly low on the surrogate fuel rods during the rail-cask tests for all the transport and handling modes. The test results provide a compelling technical basis for the safe transport of spent fuel.

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TYPE Other Report YEAR 2018
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Surrogate fuel assembly multi-axis shaker tests to simulate normal conditions of rail and truck transport

McConnell, Paul M.; Koenig, Greg K.; Uncapher, William U.; Grey, Carissa A.; Engelhardt, Charles E.; Saltzstein, Sylvia J.; Sorenson, Ken S.

This report describes the third set of tests (the “DCLa shaker tests”) of an instrumented surrogate PWR fuel assembly. The purpose of this set of tests was to measure strains and accelerations on Zircaloy-4 fuel rods when the PWR assembly was subjected to rail and truck loadings simulating normal conditions of transport when affixed to a multi-axis shaker. This is the first set of tests of the assembly simulating rail normal conditions of transport.

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TYPE Other Report YEAR 2016
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