Year
2012
Abstract
There are several standards that specify criteria for identifying uranium hexafluoride (UF6) cylinders. The most common international standard is from the International Organization for Standardization, “Nuclear energy – Packaging uranium hexafluoride (UF6) for transport,” ISO 7195:2005(E) [September 2005]. The most common U.S. standard is from the American National Standards Institute, “American National Standard for Nuclear Materials – Uranium Hexafluoride – Packaging and Transport,” ANSI N 14.1 [February 2001], and is currently under revision. Additionally the International Atomic Energy Agency has requirements listed in “Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material,” IAEA Safety Standards Series No. TS-R-1 (2005). This paper looks at the requirements of each of these standards, and then compares them for deriving a universal standard for identifying uranium hexafluoride cylinders. The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) sponsored this work as part of a five-year program to develop a concept for identifying and tracking UF6 cylinders throughout their life cycle.