Experience in shipping a radioactively contaminated PWR steam generator by ocean barge

This paper describes the shipment of a portion of a contaminated, pressurized water reactor (PWR) steam generator from Surry, Virginia to Richland, Washington. The shipment of the 200 metric ton steam generator was a first of a kind shipment. Prior to this shipment, no contaminated steam generator had ever been removed from a power station site. The generator that was shipped was removed from operation because of defects, and was transported by ocean barge some 11,000 kilometers (6000 miles) from the Surry Power Station to Richland, Washington.