Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the
2000 International RERTR Meeting

THE OPERATIONAL AND LOGISTIC EXPERIENCE ON TRANSPORTATION OF BRAZILIAN SPENT FUEL TO USA

*José Rubens Maiorino,  *Roberto Frajndlich, **Martin Mandla e ***Werner Bensberg, ***August Renger and ***Karsten Grabow

*Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares, CNEN/SP
Travessa R, 400 – Cidade Universitária – CEP 05508-900
 São Paulo – SP - Brazil

** Nuclear Cargo + Services (NCS)
Rodenbacher Chausses, 6, D-63457 Hanau, Germany

*** Gesellschaft fur Nuklear-Service (GNS)
Hollestrasse 7 a, 45127 Essen, Germany

ABSTRACT

A shipment of 127 spent MTR fuel assemblies was made from IEA-R1 Research Reactor located at the Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN-CNEN/SP), São Paulo, Brazil to Savannah River Site Laboratory in the United States. This paper describes the operational and logistic experience on this transportation made by IPEN staff and the Consortium NCS/GNS.

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