IAEA/USA Interregional course on
Preparations to Ship Spent Nuclear Fuel (1997)

Course Overview and Outline

IAEA/USA Interregional Training Course

Technical and Administrative Preparations Required for Shipment of Research Reactor Spent Fuel to its Country of Origin

Course Overview and Outline

Iain G. Ritchie

Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Materials Section
Division of Nuclear Power and the Fuel Cycle
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna, Austria

This interregional training course on the "Technical and Administrative Preparations Required for Shipment of Research Reactor Spent Fuel to its Country of Origin" was organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency in cooperation with the Government of the United States through Argonne National Laboratory.

The purpose of the course was to provide participants with the technical, organizational and administrative information needed to prepare irradiated research reactor fuel for shipment to its country of origin. The content of the course was presented under 13 general topics or modules, which are listed below:

Module Name

1 Background Information

2 Regulations

3 Fuel Classification

4 Cask Selection

5 Local Transportation Plan, Local Arrangements and Arrangements with Transit Countries

6 Contracting Arrangements

7 Preparation of Procedures

8 Records and Reports

9 Training

10 Review Prior to Shipment

11 Quality Assurance

12 Industry Presentations

13 Special Lectures

On behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency, I wish that each of you enjoys the lectures that have been prepared for you, that you make the maximum possible use of this information at your reactor site, and that you enjoy the hospitality and events planned by our hosts at the Argonne National Laboratory.