Direct Rail Service 37682_37688 Class 37 DRS Diesel Locomotives _Train Transporting Spent Nuclear Fuel Flask at Morecambe, Lancashire, UK
A nuclear flask is a shipping container that is used to transport active nuclear materials between many nuclear power stations in the UK. Each flask weighs more than 50 tonnes, and transports usually not more than tonnes of spent nuclear fuel. Introduced in the early 1960s, Magnox flasks consists of 4 layers; an internal skip containing the waste; guides and protectors surrounding the skip; all contained within the 14-inch-thick (360 mm) steel main body of flask itself, with characteristic cooling fins; and (since the early 1990s) a transport cabin of panels which provide an external housing. Flasks for waste from the later advanced gas cooled reactor power stations are similar, but have less thick steel main walls at 3-inch thickness to allow room for extensive internal lead shielding
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Location: Lancashire, UK
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