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Re: WIPP shipment through Albq. NM
I stand corrected; thanx.
Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com
"Nardi, A. Joseph" wrote:
> Bill Lipton wrote:
>
> "I remember a new fuel shipment, c.a. 1995, which had a head on
> collision
> with a drunk driver on I-91, in downtown Springfield, MA. There was a
> potential for the equivalent of a 'dirty bomb,' since the Type A packages
> containing the fuel were not designed or tested to survive an accident and
> fire. Fortunately, they held up."
>
> This statement incorporates a misunderstanding of the licensing of new fuel
> shipping containers. Although a shipment of low enriched new fuel contains
> a Type A quantity of radioactivity, under NRC regs it has a fissile quantity
> of uranium and must be shipped in a licensed container that meets the
> accident sequence for the design and licensing. It should not be confused
> with the normal understanding of a Type A package.
>
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