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Ta b l e 8 . 3 Representative Currently Licensed Casks and Their Properties
Cask Name and
Certificate of
Compliance Retrieval
Number
Company
Capacity
Weight Loaded
Design Specs
Rail or Truck
Comments
NAC-STC 1019235
NAC
International
36 PWR fuel
assemblies
125 tons loaded
Stainless steel, lead and
polymer shielded
Rail
Can be used for
storage or
transportation
NLI-1/2:1019010
NAC
International
1 PWR assembly,
2BWR
assemblies,
consolidated
LWR fuel, or
metallic rods
49,250 pounds
(22,340
kilograms)
loaded
Depleted uranium,
water, and
lead-shielded shipping
cask, encased in
stainless steel,
neutron shield
of(borated)
water-ethylene glycol
mixture
Truck
NLI-10/241019023
NAC
International
10 PWR or 24
BWR fuel
assemblies
194,000 pounds
loaded
Lead, water, depleted
uranium and high
temperature polymer
shield, encased in
stainless steel
Rail
GA-41019226
General
Atomics
4 (or 9,
respectively)
PWR spent fuel
assemblies
55,000 pound
max gross
weight loaded
Stainless steel, depleted
uranium shield,
hydrogenous neutron
shield
Light
Weight
Truck
TN-681019293
Transnuclear
68 BWR fuel
assemblies
272,000 pounds
maximum
weight of
package
Steel cask, gamma
shield of steel,
borated polyester
resin compound cast
in aluminum neutron
shield
Rail
TN-91019016
Transnuclear
7 BWR
assemblies
38,110 kgmax
load
Lead, steel, and resin
shield
Truck
Source: U.S. DOE RAMPAC Certification Web site, http://rampac.energy.gov/RAMPAC Home.htm. Accessed April 2008.
 
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