Spent Nuclear Fuel Package Performance Project (PPP)
Cask Testing Logistics
Sandia National Labs: Rocket Sled Track
Description:
The website for the Sandia National Labs Rocket Sled testing facility. This is an example of the kind of facility used in a full-scale crash test.
Experimental Testing of Containers for Radioactive Material (BAM)
Description:
A document that describes how the German institute BAM performs regulatory tests on full-size nuclear fuel casks in accordance with IAEA requirements. The testing facility capabilities are detailed alongside the regulatory-specific tests that are performed there.
High Level Radioactive Waste Committee Position Paper on Full-Scale Cask Testing (Western Interstate Energy Board, 2020)
Description:
A short document by the Western Interstate Energy Board describing the background of full-scale nuclear package testing, the motivations for performing more full-scale testing, and their recommendations on how to design and execute the testing.
