Analysis of the 30B UF6 Container for Use with Increased Enrichment

Commercial light-water reactor (LWR) operators and fuel vendors are pursuing advancements in fuel and reactor design that include increasing 235U enrichment from low enrichment (<5 wt.% 235U) to low-enriched uranium+ (LEU+) (10 wt.% > 235U > 5 wt.%) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) (20 wt.% > 235U > 10 wt.%). These advancements will necessitate the ability to transport LEU+ and HALEU fuel materials. Assessment of Existing Transportation Packages for Use with HALEU(ORNL/TM-2020/1725) assesses the potential to use currently licensed transportation packages for the transportation of HALEU by evaluating a representative package for each uranium fuel form category (for example, oxide and/or metal in fuel assemblies, fuel pins, powder, pellets, and uranium hexafluoride [UF6].) This report expands on the UF6 analysis.