Nuclear Cask Application Information

Nuclear Casks

Nuclear casks are heavily lead shielded containers used to store and or ship radioactive materials. Such as spent nuclear fuel or other high-level radioactive waste. Casks are often made from lead, concrete, and steel. Casks must meet regulatory requirements and are not intended for long-term disposal in a repository.

Spent nuclear fuel shipping casks are used to transport spent nuclear fuel used in nuclear power plants and research reactors to disposal sites. Each shipping container is designed to maintain its integrity under normal transportation conditions and during hypothetical accident conditions. Casks are designed and tested to withstand crashes, fire, water immersion and puncture. To be certified, a cask design must withstand a sequence of four tests that measure its performance in specified crash and fire accident conditions.

Lead storage and lead containers are a critical aspect of nuclear containment and radiation shielding. Dry cask storage is a method of storing high-level radioactive waste, such as spent nuclear fuel that has already been cooled in the spent fuel pool for at least one year. The fuel is surrounded by inert gas inside a large container. These casks are typically steel enclosed lead cylinders that are either welded or bolted closed, the cylinder provides leak-tight containment of the spent fuel, and also provide radiation shielding to workers and members of the public.

Plastic shelled lead storage containers for radioactive material, known in the industry as 'Pigs', the internal container is a solid cast lead container fabricated for nuclear material containment. Safely store your uranium ore, radioactive Isotopes, and other radioactive samples.

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