5607/B( )F (DOE)

MODEL T-2. AN AIR COOLED, LEAD-SHIELDED SHIPPING CASK. THE CASK IS A DOUBLE WALLED STEEL CIRCULAR CYLINDER WITH THICKENED SHIELDING IN THE CENTER PORTION. THE CENTRAL CAVITY IS 6.056 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 100-11/6 INCHES LONG. THE LEAD SHIELDING IS 8.0 INCHES THICK ALONG A 45-INCH CENTER SECTION WHICH REDUCES TO 4.188 INCHES THICK AT EACH 36-INCH LONG END SECTION. CASK CLOSURE IS ACCOMPLISHED BY A GASKETED AND BOLTED STEEL PLUG. THE CASK IS ENCLOSED IN A SHIPPING CASE 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 133 INCHES LONG. THE CASE IS FILLED WITH MARINITE WHICH SERVES AS AN IMPACT-ABSORBING MEDIUM TO PROTECT THE CASK. THE MARINITE IS COVERED WITH A 16-GAUGE STAINLESS STEEL METAL LINER. THE LINER IS WELDED TO THE SHIPPING CASE AND SERVES TO PROTECT THE MARINITE FROM PHYSICAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION. FOUR STEEL TUBES LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE SHIPPING CASE SUPPORT THE CASK IN THE CASE. CONTENTS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN THE ANL/HFEF INSERT, WHICH FITS WITHIN THE CASK'S INNER CAVITY.