Year
2013
File Attachment
411.pdf731.83 KB
Abstract
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was a pioneer in the testing of radioactive material shipping packages and has been performing such tests for over 50 years. Currently, with the exception of thermal tests, testing is performed at the purpose-built Packaging Research Facility that is located at the National Transportation Research Center—a US Department of Energy user facility. Since PATRAM 2010, ORNL has performed several sets of tests including testing of the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) ES-4100 shipping package, the Bull Run Metal, LLC TRU-Shield TS-141 waste container, the HS-99 Type AF shipping package, and several special form capsules. This paper provides an overview of the testing performed as well as a summary of advancements made to the ORNL package testing process during that time.