DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND FABRICATION OF THE TN-BRP AND TN-REG TRANSPORT/STORAGE CASKS

The paper presents information on the design, analysis and fabrication of two casks (TN·BRP and TN-REG) for the transport and storage of specific spent fuel assemblies in storage at the West Valley, New York, facility. The TN·BRP cask was designed for 85 Big Rock Point BWR fuel assemblies and the TN-REG cask was designed for 40 R.E. Ginna PWR fuel assemblies. The cask designs differ in body size and basket configuration in order to accommodate the different fuel types. The same set of impact limiters and the same transport frame are used for transport of the loaded casks. The design criteria document was issued in January 1984. Fabrication of the casks was awarded to Kobe Steel, Ltd of Japan in August of 1984. The rust cask (TN·BRP) was delivered to West Valley on July 23, 1985, along with the transport frame and impact limiters. The second cask (TN-REG) was delivered to West Valley on August 19, 1985