Spent Fuel Shipping
Welcome to the Spent Fuel Shipping Section of our website. We are very pleased to announce the completion of a new building specifically designed to support the DOE's mission at Yucca Mountain. This is the first commercial cask maintenance facility in the U.S. Please look through the pictures below for a virtual tour.
The building was designed to be a multi-purpose fuel cask maintenance facility. The crane capacity of 125 tons is large enough to handle all casks currently in use and will easily be able to handle the proposed TAD canisters. There is room to handle 8 large casks at one time or 16 TADs at one time. The building covers a truck bay and rail line. Casks can be shipped in via either truck or rail. Alaron's rail service provider is Norfolk Southern. The floor is specially designed with anchors that can withstand a 450 TON upward force exerted on them and will be used to anchor trunion load test rigs. These rigs and the associated hydraulics will allow Alaron to perform even the most demanding load tests. Ample space has been provided for vacuum leak checks and decontamination. Alaron is in the process of being certified as a rail car repair and maintenance facility so we can provide a complete service to fuel shippers who use rail.
The building is isolated from others so that in the future it can be secured for the transload of loaded fuel canisters from truck to rail. Alaron is well positioned on the East coast to be able to support the fuel shipment by rail. If you wish to arange a tour of our new facility, please contact Steve Ferguson (513) 583-1744.
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NAC International Cask Maintenance
Alaron provides infrastructure and technical labor to
support NAC's spent fuel shipping cask fleet. NAC's fleet
contains multi-purpose casks that can be used for
research reactor fuel and highly radioactive components.
Alaron and NAC have over 15 years of experience in
handling all phases of cask maintenance, repair, and
shipping. The in-depth expertise will allow Alaron to
successfully maintain larger commercial fuel casks in
our new building.