Full-Scale Drop Testing of the CONSTORV/TC Package Program, and Preliminary Results

The CONSTOR cask design by using conventional mechanical engineering technologies and commonly available materials. The CONSTOR inner liner. At the upper end, the liners are welded to a ring made of forged steel. The space between the two liners is filled with heavy concrete called CONSTORIT for additional gamma and neutron shielding. The CONSTORIT consists of an iron aggregate frame and hardened cement paste. The liners of the cask and the forged head ring form the basis for the structural integrity; the CONSTORIT plays only a subordinate part in case of accident loads. ® steel-sandwich cask was developed as a costeffective® consists of a cask body with an outer and a steel