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    Nuclear Spent Fuel Cask Drop Analysis

    October 23, 2007

    Full Scale Drop Test	End Drop - Damping	Cask Finite Element Model
    Cask Tip Over Analysis

    Spent fuel shipping and storage casks must go through detailed analytical evaluation to gain certification. CAE Associates has performed detailed analysis of drop tests of nuclear spent fuel casks using ANSYS/LS-DYNA explicit dynamic analyses. CAE Associates has implemented analysis techniques developed by Lawrence Livermore National Labs and approved by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Agency. The analyses included the modeling of the slapdown effect with material models that simulated the crushing of the concrete pad. Experimental data was used to validate the finite element models. The analyses performed by CAE Associates were reviewed by the NRC and approved without any follow-up required.

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