CASTOR TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CASKS FOR VVER AND RBMK FUEL ASSEMBLIES

Year
1998
Author(s)
Robert Gartz - GNB Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Behälter mbH
A. GöBler - GNB Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Behälter mbH
R. John - GNB Gesellschaft für Nuklear-Behälter mbH
R. Diersch - GNB Gesellschaft fUr Nuklear-Behalter mbH (GNB)
P. Nemec - SKODA Nuclear Machinery Plzen, Ltd, Czech Republic
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Abstract
CASTOR casks have been successfully developed, manufactured and delivered for Russian type reactor fuel assemblies. These casks fulfill both the requirements for type B packages according to IAEA regulations and the requirements covering different accident situations to be assumed at the storage site. In the following, the CASTOR casks CASTOR 440/84, CASTOR RBMK and CASTOR VVER 1000 are described, the nuclear content is characteri- zed and an overview about the status o f licensing, manufacturing and delivery is given.