Another Grey Day in Cumbria.
Originally the commonest use of PFAs was for carrying low level nuclear waste in half height ISO containers, though as the second decade of the 20th century progressed the Low level waste movements declined and intermediate level waste became more common. These containers are bound for the Low-Level Waste Repository at Drigg and the most commonly seen are the red oxide coloured half height ones, type TC01.
On 15 March 2011, The Sellafield – Drigg train (7C29) was mainly made up of the TC01s. However there were some green Intermediate level waste boxes behind 37229 and an unusual grey half height on the rear which is a TC02 container. I don’t know the exact purpose of this box on this particular occasion but, as it carries no labels it is not currently transporting nuclear material, so it was probably destined to remove something from the Repository.
The container is a reusable design for primary packaged material or large items.
Another Grey Day in Cumbria.
Originally the commonest use of PFAs was for carrying low level nuclear waste in half height ISO containers, though as the second decade of the 20th century progressed the Low level waste movements declined and intermediate level waste became more common. These containers are bound for the Low-Level Waste Repository at Drigg and the most commonly seen are the red oxide coloured half height ones, type TC01.
On 15 March 2011, The Sellafield – Drigg train (7C29) was mainly made up of the TC01s. However there were some green Intermediate level waste boxes behind 37229 and an unusual grey half height on the rear which is a TC02 container. I don’t know the exact purpose of this box on this particular occasion but, as it carries no labels it is not currently transporting nuclear material, so it was probably destined to remove something from the Repository.
The container is a reusable design for primary packaged material or large items.