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

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@attbi.com>]

I.e., zero  effects (adverse), and infinitesimal probability of that! :-)



Regards, Jim



> From: 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.

> ruthweiner@aol.com

 



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