Re: Flawed Video Showing "Vulnerabilities" of Casks to Terrorists

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

The "sabotage" section of the Yucca Mountain EIS is based on Luna, R.E.; Neuhauser, K.S.; and Vigil, M.G. 1999.  Projected Source Terms for Potential Sabotage Events Related to Spent Fuel Shipments.  SAND99-0963.  Albuquerque, New Mexico:  Sandia National Laboratories.  Incidentally, Bob was present at some of the discussions of the draft of this dopcument, and, for all I know, some of the tests.  


A shaped charge ("high energy detonating device") hitting the cask at exactly 90 degrees to a plane parallel to the cask sides, could put a 9 cm diameter hole into a truck cask (this is the worst case) and could rupture two of the fuel assemblies in the cask.  the explosive, which explodes against the surface of the cask, penetrates one wall of the cask but not both.  The EIS calculates that the MEI dose for this scenario would be 110 rem for the most extreme case.



Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

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