Package Performance Study - "Update of Spent Fuel Shipping Container Response to Severe Highway and Railway Accidents"
Related Information
- NUREG-1768, Package Performance Study Test Protocols
- NUREG/CR-6768, Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Package Performance Study Issues Report
- 10 CFR Part 71, Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material
- NUREG/BR-0292, Safety of Spent Fuel Transportation
NUREG/CR-4829, Shipping Container Response to Severe Highway and Railway Accident Conditions
NUREG/BR-0111, Protection Provided Against Severe Highway and Railroad Accidents
NUREG/CR-6672, Reexamination of Spent Fuel Shipment Risk Estimates
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The testing objective of the Package Performance Study (PPS) is to demonstrate the robustness of full-scale spent nuclear fuel transportation casks by conducting confirmary research.
News
Latest PPS documents:
- Technical Issues of the USNRC Package Performance Study
- SECY-04-0135, Demonstration Test Plan for Full-Scale Spent Nuclear Full Rail Transportation Cask Testing Under the Package Performance Study
- Options for Full-Scale Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Cask Testing
Under the Package Performance Study
- SECY-04-0029
- SRM-SECY-04-0029 (original, revision)
- VR-SECY-04-0029
- SRM-SECY-05-0051
Background
For background on the PPS refer to SECY-00-0042.
Phases
- Phase I: Identification of PPS issues and ways to resolve them
- Phase II: Computational and test plan development
- Phase III: Crash and fire testing and analyses
- Phase IV: Final reports
See the following for more information about the Package Performance Study:
Page Last Reviewed/Updated Thursday, April 14, 2011
