Design and Prototype Fabrication of Railcars for Transport of High-Level Radioactive Material Phase 2: Preliminary Design

This report titled “Design and Prototype Fabrication of Railcars for Transport of High-Level Radioactive Materials, Phase 2: Preliminary Design” compiles the work that was completed during Phase 2. This report includes a summary of the approach and results in meeting Phase 2 contract objectives, including a preliminary design of the prototype railcars, special fabrication process information, test load and necessary ballast load information, dynamic modeling results of the Atlas and buffer railcars, the receipt of the AAR’s notice to “proceed with the test phase”, and copies of Phase 2 deliverables in the appendices.