THERMAL SHIELDING OF THE WOOD SHOCK ABSORBER - Presentation

Regulatory requirements for a Type B package are specified in the Korea MEST Act 2009-37, IAEA Safety Standard Series No. TS-R-1, and US 10 CFR Part 71. These regulatory guidelines require that a Type B package for transporting radioactive materials should be able to withstand a test sequence consisting of a 9 m drop onto an unyielding surface, a 1 m drop onto a puncture bar, and a period of 30 minutes under a thermal condition of 800 °C. This paper discusses the experimental approach used to simulate the response of a hot cell cask to a furnace fire using a 1/2 scale model that was pre-damaged by both a 9 m drop test and 1 m puncture test.