Abstract: | Tests for mechanical damage of the TUK-84 shipment assembly, used for shipping and dry storage of spent nuclear fuel, with
the container drop from a height of 9 m on a rigid base and from a height of 1 m on a steel pin are described. The basic data
from the measurements of the impact parameters are presented, the results of tests for defects and post-test checking are
presented, and results of acceptance tests for mechanical damage are also presented.
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Translated from Atomnaya énergiya, Vol. 100, No. 6, pp. 445–448, June, 2006. |