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This Bulletin reports the evaluation of application of the ASME-NUPACK (Section III, Div. 3 of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code) Design Rules to the actual design of radioactive nuclear material transportation containments. The Report applies to the ASME-NUPACK rules to the design of a commercial nuclear reactor fuel shipping containment and generates a detailed example problem, compares the ASME-NUPACK design rules to current practice for the design of smaller nuclear material shipping containments, summarizes the difficulties encountered in the application of these rules, provides suggested areas for improvement of the rules, and develops a suggested basis for commentary for Section III, Div. 3, Article WB-3000 with emphasis on Subarticles WB-3200 and WB-3300. ISSN: 0043-2326 Library of Congress Number 85-647116 Publication Sponsored by the Pressure Vessel Research Council of the Welding Research Council, Inc.