5607

MODEL NO. T-2. PACKAGING FOR IRRADIATED REACTOR FUEL AND COMPONENTS CONSISTING OF A LEAD ENCASED IN STEEL CASK, REMOVABLE CONTAINMENT VESSEL INSERT AND SHIPPING CASE. THE CASK IS A DOUBLE-WALLED STEEL CIRCULAR CYLINDER WITH THICKENED SHIELDING IN THE CENTER PORTION. THE CENTRAL CAVITY IS 6.065 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 100 INCHES LONG. THE LEAD SHIELDING IS 8.0 INCHES THICK ALONG A 45-INCH CENTER SECTION REDUCED TO 4.2 INCHES AT EACH 36-INCH END SECTION. THE CONTAINMENT VESSEL IS POSITIONED WITHIN THE CASK. CASK CLOSURE IS ACCOMPLISHED BY A GASKETED AND BOLTED STEEL PULG. THE CASK IS IS ENCLOSED IN THE SHIPPING CASE WHICH IS 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER BY 133 INCHES LONG WELDED TO A 4-FOOT BY 6-FOOT STEEL PALLET. THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF THE PACKAGING IS 18,400 POUNDS. **REFER TO CERTIFICATE USA/5607/B( )F (DOE).