Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Mechanical Engineering 1 7 2013 11 25 Simulation of 9 m Drop Test of the Cask for Transport of Radioactive Material 198 203 EN Vladimír Ivančo Martin Orečný Department of Applied Mechanics and Mechatronics, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia Róbert Huňady Matúš Kalina AJME2013179 10.12691/ajme-1-7-9 2013 10 17 2013 11 07 2013 11 25 The paper deals with finite element simulation of drop tests of the steel cask designed for transport of radioactive waste. Two simulations of hypothetical accident conditions defined as drops of the cask from height of 9 meters are described and results are analyzed for purposes of the cask qualification. The main attention is devoted to procedures and methods of evaluation of results.