RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH THE TN-8L and TN-9 SPENT FUEL SHIPPING CASKS IN THE USA

Starting in late 1983, two TN-9 and two TN-8L casks have been used in the United States of America for the transport of spent fuel and radioactive wastes between reactor, fuel storage and waste disposal facilities. These facilities include the Surry, Oyster Creek and Dresden nuclear power stations, the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP), the Test Area North facility at INEL and Chem-Nuclear's waste disposal facility at Barnwell, South Carolina. As of May 1986, approximately 175 metric tonnes of spent fuel and irradiated hardware have been shipped. The paper describes Transnuclear's role in this transportation campaign.