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Development and Testing of the Blanton Clamshell Closure for Use on Radioactive Material Packaging Drums.

DE2007918147

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Blanton, P. S.; Wickland, T.; Klebba, H.
Page Count	11
Abstract	This paper provides a brief history of the U.S. Type B 6M specification container, its introduction into U.S. Code of federal regulations and its scheduled elimination three decades later. The paper also presents development, testing and deployment by the Department of Energy (DOE) of an enhanced drum closure called the Blanton Clamshell (patent pending) that was designed to replace the standard open-head C-ring closure for the 55- and 85-gallon drums described in the 6M specification to extend their safe use. Nuclear Filter Technology has the Exclusive License for Clamshell production. Drum packages utilizing the standard C-ring closure have been a main-stay for over a half of a century in the national and international nuclear industry for shipping radioactive materials and will remain so in the foreseeable future. Drum package use in the U.S. increased heavily in the 1950s with development of the Weapons Complex and subsequently the commercial nuclear reactor industry.
Keywords	Drums(Containers) Radioactive materials Tests Closures C-rings Closure rings Drop tests
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Nuclear Filter Technology, Golden, CO.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Nuclear Filter Technology, Golden, CO. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200807
Contract Number	DE-AC09-96SR18500

Development and Testing of the Blanton Clamshell Closure for Use on Radioactive Material Packaging Drums.

Development and Testing of the Blanton Clamshell Closure for Use on Radioactive Material Packaging Drums.
DE2007918147

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Blanton, P. S.; Wickland, T.; Klebba, H.
Page Count	11
Abstract	This paper provides a brief history of the U.S. Type B 6M specification container, its introduction into U.S. Code of federal regulations and its scheduled elimination three decades later. The paper also presents development, testing and deployment by the Department of Energy (DOE) of an enhanced drum closure called the Blanton Clamshell (patent pending) that was designed to replace the standard open-head C-ring closure for the 55- and 85-gallon drums described in the 6M specification to extend their safe use. Nuclear Filter Technology has the Exclusive License for Clamshell production. Drum packages utilizing the standard C-ring closure have been a main-stay for over a half of a century in the national and international nuclear industry for shipping radioactive materials and will remain so in the foreseeable future. Drum package use in the U.S. increased heavily in the 1950s with development of the Weapons Complex and subsequently the commercial nuclear reactor industry.
Keywords	Drums(Containers) Radioactive materials Tests Closures C-rings Closure rings Drop tests
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Nuclear Filter Technology, Golden, CO.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Nuclear Filter Technology, Golden, CO. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200807
Contract Number	DE-AC09-96SR18500