Specialized Transportation of Highly Sensitive RAM

DAHER NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES GmbH (DAHER NT) is licensed for the transport of highly sensitive radioactive material since decades. With its experienced and trained staff and own specialized equipment DAHER NT is capable to plan and perform any transportation in this field.DAHER NT carries out regularly transports of spent MTR fuel from European Research Reactors to the USA. About two years ago the University of Basel/Switzerland was looking for possibilities to bring the last irradiated 13 HEU fuel elements having still been stored at Basel to Savannah River Site, USA. DAHER NT was able to convince the University of Basel that the optimal way to dispose this spent fuel was to use DAHER NT’s packaging and transport means and to join a scheduled transport from the German Research Reactor HZB.The presentation will give an overview about this combined transport of spent MTR fuel from two different countries. It will give an overview about planning, necessary permits, charter vessel, loading at the two sites and performance of the transport.