US EPA

1425734 

Technical Report 

Development of a New Transportation/Storage Cask System for Use by the DOE Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return Program 

Tyacke, M; Svitak, F; Rychecky, J; Picek, M; Smirnov, A 

2007 

NTIS/00630046_a 

GRA and I 

GRA and I 

The United States, the Russian Federation, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been working together on a program called the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) Program. The purpose of this program is to return Soviet or Russian-supplied high-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel, currently stored at Russian-designed research reactors throughout the world, to Russia. To accommodate transport of the HEU spent nuclear fuel (SNF), a new large-capacity transport/storage cask system was specially designed for handling and operations under the unique conditions at these research reactor facilities. This new cask system is named the KODA VPVR/M cask. The design, licensing, testing, and delivery of this new cask system result from a significant international cooperative effort by several countries and involved numerous private and governmental organizations. This paper contains the following sections: (1) Introduction; (2) VPVR/M Cask Description; (3) Ancillary Equipment, (4) Cask Licensing; (5) Cask Demonstration and Operations; (6) IAEA Procurement, Quality Assurance Inspections, Fabrication, and Delivery; and, (7) Conclusions. 

Spent nuclear fuel; *Casks; Russian Federation; United States; Handling; Operations; High-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel; *Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) Program; Research reactor facilities; KODA VPVR/M cask; International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)