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

ONR selected one of the Technical Support Contracts from its ONR Technical Support Framework - Lot 2 to be awarded this contract via direct award. 1. Undertake a review of current sealing practices and guidance deployed by SLCs and also Radioactive Material Transport organisations. 2. Identify gaps in knowledge and propose areas for further research and/or testing. 3. Produce guidance for inspectors. This guidance may best be appended to existing TAGs but, if there is sufficient new guidance, then a standalone TAG...