Provision of Guidance on Assessment of Elastomeric Seals for Radioactive Materials Transport Packages and Nuclear Safety Applications

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HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE awarded a contract to Energy, Safety and Risk Consultants (UK) Ltd for the provision of guidance on the assessment of elastomeric seals (and other forms of seals) for use in radioactive materials transport packages and other nuclear safety applications.

The contract, valued at £72,474.7, was awarded via direct award under Lot 2 of the ONR Technical Support Framework.

The scope includes reviewing current sealing practices and guidance deployed by SLCs and radioactive material transport organisations, identifying gaps in knowledge and proposing areas for further research and/or testing, and producing guidance for inspectors.

This guidance may be appended to existing TAGs or, if sufficient new guidance, a standalone TAG may be appropriate, outlining methods useful to ONR inspectors when assessing the suitability of containment seals for radioactive material transport packages, nuclear safety critical components, and nuclear materials storage (short and long term, e.g., GDF).