IAEA/USA Interregional course on
Preparations to Ship Spent Nuclear Fuel (1997)
Course Overview and Outline
Contact:
Dr. Iain G. Ritchie
Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section
Division of Nuclear Power and the Fuel Cycle
International Atomic Energy Agency
Wagrammerstrasse 5
P. O. Box 100
A-1400 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43-1-2060-22759
Fax: +43-1-20607-22759
E-mail: [email protected]
IAEA/USA Interregional Training Course
Technical and Administrative Preparations Required for Shipment of Research Reactor Spent
Fuel to its Country of Origin
Course Overview and Outline
Iain G. Ritchie
Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section
Division of Nuclear Power and the Fuel Cycle
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna, Austria
This interregional training course on the "Technical and Administrative Preparations Required for Shipment of Research Reactor Spent Fuel to its Country of Origin" was organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency in cooperation with the Government of the United States through Argonne National Laboratory.
The purpose of the course was to provide participants with the technical, organizational and administrative information needed to prepare irradiated research reactor fuel for shipment to its country of origin. The content of the course was presented under 13 general topics or modules, which are listed below:
Module Name
1 Background Information
2 Regulations
3 Fuel Classification
4 Cask Selection
5 Local Transportation Plan, Local Arrangements and Arrangements with
Transit Countries
6 Contracting Arrangements
7 Preparation of Procedures
8 Records and Reports
9 Training
10 Review Prior to Shipment
11 Quality Assurance
12 Industry Presentations
13 Special Lectures
On behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency, I wish that each of you enjoys the lectures that have been prepared for you, that you make the maximum possible use of this information at your reactor site, and that you enjoy the hospitality and events planned by our hosts at the Argonne National Laboratory.