RE: Argentine judge bans US ship with nuclear cargo

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Thanks.  I think what I many remember is a photo of

the Trojan NPP reactor vessel on a barge.  It

certainly did not look it would fit on a railroad car

of any size.  I was hoping someone else on this list

had also seen that photo.



--- "Franta, Jaroslav" <frantaj@aecl.ca> wrote:

> John,

> 

> There are special rail cars, called Schnabel cars,

> for transporting such

> massive loads. 

> They consist of two separate vehicles, often with

> many wheel axles, joined

> by an articulated loading platform (makes for some

> funny configurations

> around tight turns !).

> A great number of photos, diagrams and models,

> including ones carrying large

> steam generators and petrochemical refinery pressure

> vessels can be found at

> this page, for example (from Google photo search) :

>

http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/rrschnab.html

> There is no reason why the SONGS RPV couldn't have

> been transported by rail,

> IMO, other than politics.

> 

> 

> Jaro

> 

> http://www.cns-snc.ca/branches/quebec/quebec.html

> 

> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> 

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: John Jacobus [mailto:crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM]

> Sent: Thursday January 15, 2004 1:25 PM

> To: JGinniver@AOL.COM; csmarcus@ucla.edu;

> cfrey@ssi-group.net;

> radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: Re: Argentine judge bans US ship with

> nuclear cargo

> 

> 

> I thought it was too big to go by rail.  I thought I

> saw a picture of it on a barge.

> 

> 





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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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