Testing in Support of On-Site Storage of Residues in the Pipe Overpack Container

Details

• Creators:
  Ammerman, D. J. ; Bobbe, J. G. ; Arviso, M.
• Corporate Creators:
  Sandia National Laboratories
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Waste management
  • Containers
  • Fire resistance
  • Crash tests
  • Plutonium
  • Radioactive wastes
  • Waste disposal
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SAND-97-0368
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Sandia National Laboratories
• Abstract:
  The disposition of the large back-log of plutonium residues at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats) will require interim storage and subsequent shipment to a waste repository. Current plans call for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and the transportation to WIPP in the TRUPACT-11. The transportation phase will require the residues to be packaged in a container that is more robust than a standard 55-gallon waste drum. Rocky Flats has designed the Pipe Overpack Container to meet this need. It is desirable to use this same waste packaging for interim on-site storage in non-hardened buildings. To meet the safety concerns for this storage the Pipe Overpack Container has been subjected to a series of tests at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to the tests required to qualify the Pipe Overpack Container as a waste container for shipment in the TRUP ACT-II several-tests were performed solely for the purpose of qualifying the container for interim storage. This report will describe these tests and the packages' response to the tests.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  UC-722;TTC-1476
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42289/dot_42289_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 875.39 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:903fdfd3ec0203c8956fe499bae9094a02a5091f44ac68c8fdf87db4f72e8260