Preparation of the First Air Transport of Spent Fuel Certified to New Requirements

O.P.Barinkov, B.A.Kanashov, S.V.Komarov (Sosny R&D Company), A.E.Buchelnikov (Rosatom Corporation), V.I.Shapovalov, A.I.Morenko (VNIIEF Research Institute of Experimental Physics)

Nuclear & Enviromental Safety, №1, 2011 (special edition)

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During the implementation of the project to remove the spent fuel assemblies from the Romanian VVR-S reactor it became necessary to use air transport for that purpose. The Russian specialists had to go great lengths to first justify the safety of such transport, and then to make sure it actually happens.