SESSION 23

INNOVATIONS IN WASTE TRANSPORTATION & PACKAGING CONTROL ISSUES

Co-chairs: Frank Nichols, Manufacturing Sciences Corp.
Max Ruska, Lockheed Martin Idaho Technology Co.

1. The PEACE PIPE - Recycling Nuclear Weapons into a TRU Storage/Shipping Container--Keith Biddle, Ray Orlowski, BNFL Inc.; Carl Edstrom, Dennis Floyd, MSC; Kevin Kennan, USDOE; Mike Rivera, SAIC/LATA

2. Increasing TRUPACT-II Wattage Limits: Two Technical Approaches--Eugene J. Mroz, Chris P. Leibman, Stanley T. Kosiewicz, Nathan M. Peachey; LANL

3. Designs and Methods for the Manufacturing of Performance Oriented Packaging from Volumetrically Contaminated Scrap Steel and Concrete--Joey F. McCarter, SEG

4. An Universal Cask Concept for Transport, Intermediate Storage and Final Disposal of Spent Fuel --U. Knopp, H. Spilker, Gessellschaft fur Nuklearbehalter mbH (GERMANY)

5. Demonstration of a Prototype Dual Purpose Cask System for Russian Icebreaker and Submarine Spent Nuclear Fuel--N. Mote, NAC International; V. Guskov, KBSM; R. Dyer, USEPA, P. Moscowitz, BNL (USA/RUSSIA); V.D. Akhunov, Ministry for Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation

6. Transportation of Pyrochemical Salts from Rocky Flats to Los Alamos--S.B. Schreiber, LANL

7. Behavior of Low Level Waste Under Fire Conditions--S.V. Barlow, J.D. Palmer, G.E. Turner, UK Nirex Ltd.; R.P. Bush, AEA Technology (UK)

8. Controlling Moisture Content in FUSRAP Radioactive Waste Shipments--Ben C. Rogers, Eric Strassburger, Preston McDaniel, Bechtel National Inc.