A cask is a container used in storing and transporting nuclear materials The cask often resembles a large metal barrel with handles Most of the size is due to the layers of insulation shielding and encased in thick stainless steel The insulation shielding keeps any harmful radiation from penetrating the cask These casks are strong enough to survive a direct collision with a freight train without breaking
- standard shipping container certified by the NRC to transport Class B, solid, low-level radioactive waste
A cask is a wooden barrel that is used for storing things, especially alcoholic drink. casks of sherry. = barrel. a round wooden container used for storing wine or other liquids, or the amount of liquid that it contains (casque , from casco , from cascar )
A container for shipping or storing radioactive material of greater than A1 or A2 [see A1 and A2 definitions] quantities (Transportation System Requirements Document DOE/RW-0425 ) Back to Top
Wooden cask used to age the wines The Bordeaux cask (225 litres) is reowned for aging great table wines It is made of oak staves held together with metal hoops, with two lids
A thick-walled container (usually lead) used to transport radioactive material Also called a coffin
A barrel of various sizes, traditionally made of wood, and generally containing living yeast sediment as opposed to a keg in which the beer is filtered and force-carbonated artificially Also, an oak barrel used as a fermentation or maturation vessel
(1) A heavily shielded container that meets applicable regulatory requirements used to ship spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste; (2) a heavily shielded container used by DOE and utilities for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel; usable only for storage, not for transportation to or emplacement in a repository