RE: Argentine judge bans US ship with nuclear cargo

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

SO, I guess it was an economic queston.



--- "Albers, John P" <JPAd@PGE.COM> wrote:

> The RX vessel package at SONGS could travel by rail,

> via a schnabel car as Franta mentions.  However, the

> speed limit is 15 mph and traveling across Arizona

> and New Mexico the rail shipment would impact normal

> rail traffic.  The rail company wanted compensation

> for any lost revenue.  Panama has a 150 ton

> radioactive package limit through the canal and the

> SONGS vessel and package is near 700 tons.  Thus the

> liability of rail travel and the restriction for

> travel through the Panama Canal forced the decision

> to travel around the Horn.  John

> 

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

> From: Franta, Jaroslav [mailto:frantaj@AECL.CA]

> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:09 AM

> To: 'John Jacobus'; Radsafe (E-mail)

> Subject: RE: Argentine judge bans US ship with

> nuclear cargo

> 

> 

> 

> 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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