Draft ASME Code Case on Ductile Cast Iron for Transport Packaging

Year
2004
Author(s)
T. Saegusa - Central Research Institute of Electrical Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, Abiko-shi, Chiba-ken 270-1194 Japan
T. Arai - Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
M. Hirose - NFT/Japan
T. Kobayashi - Nippon Chuzo
Y. Tezuka - Mitsubishi Materials Co.
N. Urabe - Kokan Keisoku K. K.
R. Hueggenberg - GNB
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Abstract
The current Rules for Construction of “Containment Systems for Storage and Transport Packagings of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Radioactive Material and Waste” of Division 3 in Section III of ASME Code (2001 Edition) does not include ductile cast iron in its list of materials permitted for use. The Rules specify required fracture toughness values of ferritic steel material for nominal wall thickness 5/8 to 12 inches (16 to 305 mm). New rule for ductile cast iron for transport packaging of which wall thickness is greater than 12 inches (305mm) is required.