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This paper presents (1) numerical drop impact simulations of type B radioactive material packages, (2) a comparison between the package…
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Simple models for severe accident source term severity and release fractions are described. Severity fraction equations are developed for…
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Because a large number of spent fuel shipments to an interim or permanent repository may take place in the near future, during the summer…
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In order to complete an overall assessment of the safety of transportation of spent nuclear fuel, four typical cask types were selected.…
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This paper describes the calculations performed to determine the response of four generic spent fuel casks to impact accidents that support…
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The results of the seven sets of RADTRAN analyses performed for the NUREG/CR-6672 study, using the analysis methods and input data…
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On-site transfer and storage of spent fuel in CASTOR? casks will become more and more important in Germany because storage facilities will…
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Électricité de France (EDF) wishes to be able to transfer fuel assemblies from the pool of a unit to the pool of another unit of the same…
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The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC), the former or ganization of the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute…
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Spent fuel management is a necessary and costly activity for all operators of nuclear power plants regardless of the strategy selected for…
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The BfS as competent authority for package design approval in Germany is responsible for the specifications given in a package design…
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In Japan, for the time being, up to commercial commissioning of fast breeder reactors, MOX fuel is planned to be utilized in light water…
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The safety of packagings is very important. Maintaining, designing and manufacturing of packagings shall be well controlled. The safety of…
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Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) is leading Japan’s efforts in fast breeder reactor research and development. As a part of…
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Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has developed and tested a package design for air transport of plutonium that can survive a \"worst-case…
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Polymer-based hydrogen getters are described and their effectiveness for reducing hydrogen levels in radioactive materials (RAM) packagings…
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The Materials Identification and Surveillance Program at the Los Alamos National Laboratory was created in response to DNFSB (Defense…
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Most cask designs for storage and transportation of spent nuclear fuel use two lids, an inner shield lid and an outer structural lid. The…
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In September 2000, the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) submitted an application to the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT…
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This paper estimates the likelihood that a pipeline break or a train fire could occur in the immediate vicinity of a spent nuclear fuel…