Design, Testing, and Certification of a Type-A Shipping Package for the Mk-18A Program

The Savannah River National Laboratory Packaging Technology and Transportation Engineering organization, along with Oak Ridge National Laboratory personnel, modified an existing Type-A Shipping Package for use in the Mk-18A isotope recovery project. The Mk-18A project mission is to recover rare, irreplaceable isotopes created at the Savannah River Site by processing the target materials at SRNL and then shipping the recovered materials to ORNL for future use. The modified Type-A package will be utilized to ship some of these recovered materials. The modified design was tested to show its ability to withstand the accidents required by the code of federal regulations, and then the design was certified by SRNL for shipment. This paper will discuss the design of the Type-A package, the testing program, the results of the testing, and the Type-A package certification process.