Open AccessAnalysis for Eccentric Multi Canister Overpack (MCO) Drops at the Canister Storage Building (CSB) (CSB-S-0073)
Author(s) -
R. Gary Hollenbeck
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/803682
Subject(s) - spent nuclear fuel , tube (container) , hanford site , waste management , engineering , environmental science , nuclear engineering , forensic engineering , radioactive waste
The Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Canister Storage Building (CSB) is the interim storage facility for the K-Basin SNF at the US. Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site. The SNF is packaged in multi-canister overpacks (MCOs). The MCOs are placed inside transport casks, then delivered to the service station inside the CSB. At the service station, the MCO handling machine (MHM) moves the MCO from the cask to a storage tube or one of two sample/weld stations. There are 220 standard storage tubes and six overpack storage tubes in a below grade reinforced concrete vault. Each storage tube can hold two MCOs