Packagings for ADR Transports

BVS - Opleidingsdag Transport klasse 7

21/06/2019

Robby Vandendries

Contents

• Organization Tecnubel/Transnubel/ECS – TTE

• Activities of TTE

o Focus on transport, design and storage

• Transport and storage

• Overview of packagings type A / type IP / type B

o Type A / Type IP

o Type B

Group organization

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Our locations

Villers-Le-BouilletIn vicinity of Tihange NPP

Dessel

SchotenIn vicinity of Doel NPP

Brussels

Desteldonk

Karlsruhe Germany

Geel

Activities

Facility operations & management

Decommissioning engineering & management

Program & Project management

Engineering & technical solutions

Technical services & maintenance

Radiation protection &

industrial safety

Radiological measurements and

characterisation

Safety assessment & coordination

Training & testingLogistics & nuclear

transport

Transport packaging design and

certificationFuel

Decontamination & dismantling

Recycling & Waste

Activities

Packagings for ADR Transports

Transport

Design, construction and testing of packagings

Management and storage

Assistance during loading/unloading

Activities – Transport

• Nuclear transports

• Waste

• Small radioactive sources

• Fresh fuel

• Spent fuel

• MOX fuel

• Fuel rods

• Other radioactive materials

Activities – Design, construction and testing of packagings

• Safety files

• Radiological calculations

• Mechanical calculations

• Thermal calculations

• Confinement calculations

• Criticality calculations

Activities – Storage (ZB18 Dessel)

• Modularly adaptable

o Surface: max. 1200 m²

o Nuclear storage

o Conventional storage

• Storage facility

o Forklift

• Training facility

Activities – Storage (Villers-le-Bouillet)

• Modularly adaptable

o Surface: max. 5300 m²

o Nuclear storage

o Conventional storage

o Treatment facility

• Storage facility

o Forklift

o Storage bunker for radioactive sources

• Treatment facility

o Overhead crane

o Forklift

Transport and storage – Waste

ONDRAF/NIRAS

• ONDRAF/NIRAS is responsible for the legal management of radioactive waste on Belgian territory

o Subcontracting

o Third parties

Transnubel

• Subcontractor for ONDRAF/NIRAS for carrying out transports

Transport and storage – Waste

Two government contracts assigned to Transnubel:

• Period 2019-2022: NOCA 2017-1296

o Transport of unconditioned and conditioned radioactive waste

• Period 2019-2028: NOCA 2017-1182

o Transport of unconditioned and conditioned radioactive waste in 400l drums with a type B packaging

Classification of packagings

Classification according to SSR-6 (Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material):

• Excepted packagings

• Industrial packagings (IP-1-2-3)

• Type A packagings

• Type B packagings

• Fissile packagings

Classification of packagings

Two possible options:

• Either the collection unit (CU) is certified as transport package

• Or the collection unit (CU) is transported in a certified transport package

CU = Transport packageCU = Transport package

IP-2/Type A

CU ≠ Transport packageCU ≠ Transport package

Packagings

Type A / IP-2

Standard ISO containers

Standard ISO containers with IP-2/type A certification

• For example, to avoid placing stickers on the drums

• Transport of smaller units without certification

• 10ft, 20ft or 40 ft, closed, open top, …

ZARAH-5 / Transport and Storage box

Mobile type A/type IP-2 packaging for transport of 30l-drums

• ZARGES box + EPS for fixation + 30l-drum

Transport and Storage box type A/type IP-2

• Smaller than an ISO container, more flexible and mobile

TNB LOLITA

Mobile tank type IP-2 with a capacity of +/- 20 m³:

• Transport of radioactive liquids

TNB 182

• The storage tanks at NPP Tihange have reached maximum capacity

– storage of additional spent resin occurs in the TNB 182 packaging

• Package design, safety file and testing by TNB

• An ISO-structure packaging consisting of two pressure vessels, for storage and transport of spent resins up to LSA-II

• Capacity is 2 x 2,41 m³

TNB 169 / EMMA

• Small drum + PE foam + can (with or without plastic bottle)

• Empty weight 2,7 kg

• Diameter 307 mm, height 286 mm

• Maximum load: 4,7 kg for liquids, 15 kg for solids

• Absorbent for transport of liquids

Packagings

Packagings with a Special Arrangement

TNB 167 / TNB 178

Shielded metal/lead container with/without internal crane:

• Max. weight 65.000 kg (exceptional transport)

• Dose rate on 400l-drums is more than allowed in standard conditions

TNB 152

Packaging with and leak tightness control:

• Designed for A3X or waste contaminated with UO2-PuO2 in 200l barrels

• SPAR allows more fissile material

Polyuréthane

Nid d'abeille

Virole intérieure

Tube cintré

Bride fixe

Vis de couvercle

primaire

Virole extérieure

Couvercle de

propreté

Couvercle primaire

Oeillets de renfort

Packagings

Type B packagings

Type B packaging – CAROLINE-R80

• CAROLINE-R80

– CAsk for RadiOactive transport in Large quantities In a Nuclear Environment

• 4 different types

– Standard (ST), extra shielding (ES),water drainage (W) extra shielding + drainage (WES)

• Type B(U) packaging with a large cavity

• Transport and interim storage

• Dry or wet loading

• 2x STW packagings avaible

• FANC license B(U) is expected Q3 2019

CAROLINE-R80 – Description

• Overall dimensions

– Diameter Ø 1700 mm

– Height 2111 mm

• Body

– Diameter Ø 1060 mm

– Height 1485 mm

• Cavity

– Diameter Ø 785 mm

– Height 1163 mm

• Weight (content incl.)

– Cask max. ~ 10,3 tonnes

– Body max. ~ 8,4 tonnes

CAROLINE-R80 – Foreseen Content

• Solid, fissile excepted materials

• Unconditioned and conditioned waste contained in a 400l barrel

• Unconditioned and conditioned waste contained in a 200l barrel

• Fuel related components (FRC) from spent fuel pools in a specific basket

• Sources

• Liquid content

• Fissile material

CAROLINE-R80 – Operations

• Loading/Unloading

– Dry - Vertical

– Wet - Vertical

• Two-lid system

– Shielding lid

– Containment lid

• Orifices

– Bottom - For water evacuation

– Lid - For drying and conditioning (He) of the cask

• Leak tightness testing

CAROLINE-R80 – Storage

• Optimized interim storage of loaded packages

• With or without shock absorbers

• Mechanical drop resistance

• Thermal protection

• Leak tightness control

• Dose rate management

CAROLINE-R80 – Transportation

• Transport options:

– 2 casks type B per vehicle

– 3 casks type IP-2 / type A per vehicle

• Transport frame compatible with standard truck and ISO containers:

– Optional: ISO hard/soft cover

CAROLINE-R80 – Operations – Autonomous system

• Transport of 400l barrels

• Remote controlled unloading and loading

• Two CAROLINE-R80 packagings

• Custom made trailer with autonomous loading/unloading system

SAFPAK

• Type B(U) packaging, mobile type B packaging

• Transport of small quantities of solid radioactive materials

• Shipment by air, sea, rail and road

TNB 170

• Type B(U) packaging

• Upper and lower shock absorber

• Packaging body

• Lid

• Capsule

• O-rings and test point

TNB 170

Content

• UO2 or MOx irradiated, in powder form, pellets, sections or debris of fuel rods

• Neutron sources of type Xx-Be

• In the future, also other sources

TNB 170

• Horizontal and vertical loading/unloading

• Test leak tightness by creating a vacuum

TNB 170

Thank you for your attention

For additional information:

Transnubel n.v./s.a.

Zandbergen 1

B-2480 Dessel

Tel : +32 14 33 11 11

Fax : +32 14 33 11 10

info@transnubel.be

robby.vandendries@transnubel.be