DROP TEST OF IP-2 PACKAGING FOR LLW TRANSPORT

In the current transportation of LL W to disposal facilities in Japan, the transport container wasdesigned for the loading condition of 5 tons in total weight and 500kg of homogeneous solidified wastein the maximum weight drum.However the maximtm weight of the waste drum will be I 000 kg in the transportation program ofmi<o!Ilarx-oJs solid waste beginning in the year 2000.For this increase of weight, drop tests of the current transport container were performed to ensure theapplicability under the requirement of transportation.The followings were found as a result• The IL W transport container is acceptable for total padcage weight less than 8 tons.• For the case of the total package weight less than 5 tons ,waste dnuns exceeding 680 kg in weightmust be positioned in the four dnuns in the central part of the transport container.• For the case of the total padcage weight exceeding 5 tons, drums over 900kg are required to bepositioned in the four dnuns in the oe:ntral part of the container.• Afte: each drop test. it was confirmed that the radiation level of the surface of padcage didn't increasemore than 20%.