Open AccessTRANSPORT AND EMPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTIONS
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/883427
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , radioactive waste , transport system , transport engineering , computer science , geology , civil engineering , engineering , environmental science , waste management , programming language
The objective and the scope of this document are to list and briefly describe the major mobile equipment necessary for waste package (WP) Transport and Emplacement in the proposed subsurface nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. Primary performance characteristics and some specialized design features of the equipment are explained and summarized in the individual subsections of this document. The Transport and Emplacement equipment described in this document consists of the following: (1) WP Transporter; (2) Reusable Rail Car; (3) Emplacement Gantry; (4) Gantry Carrier; and (5) Transport Locomotive