Mk A2 AGR Irradiated Fuel Transport Flask-A New UK Flask Design

Year
1989
Author(s)
R.A. Blythe - Central Electricity Generating Board
I.A. Wood - GEC Energy Systems
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Abstract
The transport of irradiated fuel from the UK's Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors to the reprocessing plant at Sellafield has, up to now, been undertaken using a composite lead in steel cuboid flask fitted with a' detachable aluminium shock absorber. The commissioning of further AGR power stations necessitated the procurement of additional transport flasks and the opportunity was taken, by the CEGB, in line with their policy of continuous review to reassess the existing design against the need to produce a flask which would be acceptable for continued operation for the next 25-30 years.