Patent ID: 8657549

Claim:
A process for transfer of a case containing radioactive materials from a transfer package to a long-term storage package, which comprises: guiding an elongated transfer package having an inner case containing radioactive materials and an elongated storage package having an interior configured for receiving the case into aligned horizontal positions, wherein the transfer package has a removable head cover, and wherein the storage package includes a body defining an interior configured for receiving the case, the storage package having a head end and a base end, the head end having a removable head cover and the base end having a removable base cover; removing the removable head cover from the transfer package for access to the inner case, and removing the removable base cover from the base end of the storage package for access to the interior of the storage package; thereafter, while the transfer package and the storage package are horizontally aligned, shifting the case horizontally from the transfer package, through an opening revealed by removing the removable head cover, to the interior of the storage package, through an opening revealed by removing the removable base cover; thereafter reclosing the base end of the storage package by replacing the removable base cover on the storage package; and thereafter swinging the storage package from a horizontally oriented position to a vertically oriented position, wherein the head end is in the top vertical position and the base end is in the bottom vertical position.