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June 16, 2004
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SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL SHIPPING CONTAINER

Specifications:

- Height: 16 feet 2 inches

- Diameter: 10 feet 6 inches

- Stainless steel is 14 inches thick

- Weight empty: 87.5 tons

- Weight loaded: 175 tons

- Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires a container to be able to withstand a drop of 60 feet onto a reinforced concrete surface, a 1,475-degree fire for 30 minutes, immersion in 50 feet of water and dropping it onto a 6-inch-wide steel pin.

Mock accident provides insight

A simulated accident on Tuesday morning sent thieves speeding along a North Topeka road in a flat-bed truck that struck a rail car carrying spent nuclear fuel.

The Union Pacific locomotive and truck were real, and a massive ...

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