Tacoma, Washington - General Plastics Manufacturing Co. is to showcase its polyurethane solutions for the protection of nuclear transport packages at the 2013 Waste Management conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
The company, which says it has developed nuclear material casings for four decades, will present its rigid, closed-cell PU Last-a-Foam FR-3700 performance core series at the event. General Plastics said its foam products combine "exceptional impact resistance with excellent fire protection properties."
General Plastics produces turnkey container liners that are CNC- (computer-numerically-controlled) machined and assembled to customers' exact specifications. It also supplies FR-3700 series foam to customers who prefer to build their own liners.
The Tacoma, Washington-based company said its foam offers proven long-term performance as an energy absorbing and fire-insulation liner in radioactive transport and packaging containers. It added that the formulation is specially designed to allow predictable impact-absorption performance under dynamic loading. At the same time, it provides an intumescent char layer that insulates and protects hazardous materials, General Plastics said.
The 2013 Waste Management conference on the management and disposal of radioactive material will be held 24-28 Feb in Phoenix, Arizona.
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