ASME pressure vessel code application to nuclear waste container design

It would be highly desirable if a widely accepted standard could be applied t the design of permanent nuclear waste storage containers, to ensure their integrity. One such standard is the ASME Pressure Vessel Code. In this paper, the authors explore the applicability of this code to the design process of spent nuclear fuel storage containers. The authors identify a list of the major sections of the code that are related to the waste container design. These sections have been investigated and then applied to a preliminary spent fuel container design. A comparison of the six candidate materials performance is presented