Author： Smith A C
Publisher： Maney Publishing
ISSN： 1746-5095
Source： Packaging, Transport, Storage and Security of Radioactive Material, Vol.22, Iss.2, 2011-06, pp. : 104-111
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Abstract
The need for robust packagings for radioactive materials (RAM) was recognised from the earliest days of the nuclear industry. The US Department of Energy Rocky Flats Plant developed a packaging for shipment of plutonium in the early 1960s, which became the US Department of Transportation 6M specification package. The design concepts were employed in other early packagings. Extensive tests of these at Savannah River Laboratory (now Savannah River National Laboratory) were performed in 1969 and 1970. The results of these tests were reported in ‘Drum and board-type insulation overpacks of shipping packages for radioactive materials’, by E. E. Lewallen. The Lewallen report was foundational to design of subsequent drum type RAM packaging. This paper summarises this important early study of drum type packagings for the historical record.
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