Organization: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Year: 2020
Month: January
Request Number: A-2019-00062
Request Summary: The request is for documentation of, and related to, safety or technical reviews and/or the certification process for transportation packages for used nuclear reactor fuel, cores or components (also referred to as spent fuel or irradiated fuel or high-level radioactive wastes) including pieces and fragments, and includes communications related to these reviews undertaken by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) between the CNSC and the NWMO and/or their agents, between the CNSC and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and/or their agents, and between the CNSC and other regulatory bodies, such as the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. NRC). The documentation requested is with respect to two certification processes: 1. The technical review and any other review(s) undertaken by the CNSC in relation to the certification of the transportation package used to transport the reactor core from the SLOWPOKE-2 Reactor from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to Savannah River, South Carolina in 2019. 2. The technical review and any other review(s) being undertaken or that has been undertaken by the CNSC in relation to the used fuel transportation package (UFTP) for the transport of spent fuel or irradiated fuel or high-level radioactive wastes or pieces or fragments thereof between the Whiteshell Nuclear Laboratory in Pinawa, Manitoba and the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory in Chalk River, Ontario.
Disposition: Disclosed in part
Number of pages: 620