Atomic train "cassette"
The “Cassette” nuclear train was a special transport for nuclear waste from the GDR to the Soviet Union .
The nuclear power plants of the GDR were supplied with fuel elements by the Soviet Union. According to the state treaty between the two countries, spent nuclear fuel rods , around 300 tons of heavy metal (SM), were brought to the Soviet Union from 1979 to the beginning of the 1980s .
Instead, the “atomic train”, also known as the “cassette”, operated a special transport for this nuclear waste. He came from the Rheinsberg nuclear power plant , 60 t SM, from the Greifswald / Lubmin nuclear power plant , 233 t SM, and drove via Wriezen - Kietz / Küstrin (now Kostrzyn nad Odrą ) through Poland to the Soviet Union.
The container wagon weighed 186 t. The maximum speed was 30 km / h and through stations 15 km / h. The train was strictly guarded. There were always armed escort vehicles on the streets. All shunting movements and train journeys of the regular rail traffic had to rest during the passage of the "atomic train". Turnouts and flank protection were locally secured. In addition to the usual train notification, a special train movement monitoring was carried out. Some of the train numbers used were the 80553, 80555 and the 80557.
Individual evidence
- ^ Disposal of the nuclear fuel - situation in 1990
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↑ Tons of heavy metal (t SM)
This unit of measurement is used specifically for spent fuel elements . The metal of the ducts, spacers, etc. is not included. 1 t SM is therefore 1000 kg spent fuel elements.
In a CASTOR® container with an empty weight of 120 t, z. B. transported fuel assemblies with 6 t SM. - ↑ http://eisenbahnfreunde.transnet-ffo.de/Wriezeen/Bahnhof.html See Wriezen train station search "cassette"
- ^ Disposal of the Rheinsberg nuclear power plant
- ^ Disposal of the Greifswald nuclear power plant