MULTIPURPOSE CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION FOR TRANSPORTING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

Within the scope of the design and development work connected with the Hungarian nuclear power station construction programme, the Power Station and Network Engineering Co. (EROTERV) has developed a complex system for the neutralization of low and intermediate level radwaste produced in the power plant. The thin wall, multilayer container to be described was designed with a view to transportation aspects of a complex liquid waste system requiring the development of a large size container (package). It lends itself to the safe transport of radio· active materials - in the first place of liquid and solidified wastes from nuclear power stations, as well as of decommissioning wastes and of other dangerous industrial materials. The final aim of the development activity was to produce a container series consisting of several, multi· purpose members.