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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Lawrence C. Sanchez, Paul McConnell
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Shielding calculations were performed for a prototype National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program transport cask for the shipment of Department of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A.N. Nandakumar, K.C. UPADHYAY, S.P. Agarwa, J.S. BISHT, R.K. Singh
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Permission for special arrangement (SA) is accorded upon ensuring that the shortcomings of the proposed shipment would be off-set by the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Lake H. Barrett
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Transportation activities to support the Department of Energy’s Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program will be a significant…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Lange, H.-J. Fett, H.-G. Friederichs, W. Pfeffer, M. Sailer, B. Kallenbach-Herbert, C. Wassilew-Reul, U. Alter
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The problem of contaminated spent fuel casks became internationally apparent end of April 1998. At this time the Director of the French…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Masateru Mori
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It is a basic national policy to reprocess spent fuel generated at nuclear power stations. Following this policy, the Power Reactor and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Robert J. Lewis, Andrew J. Murphy, Jeremy L. Sprung, Ken B. Sorenson
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The spent fuel transportation Package Performance Study (PPS) investigates the performance of casks and behavior of fuel when subjected to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A. Froment, V. PERTUIS, M. Debès, F. Harari, P. MALESYS
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In May 1998, all French domestic transports of spent fuel assemblies from EDF Nuclear Power Plants to the COGEMA Reprocessing Plant (about…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael D. Dunsmuir
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The TN-7/2 cask was historically received into the Savannah River Site (SRS) Receiving Basin for Offsite Fuels (RBOF) and the spent nuclear…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Felix M. Killar, Jr
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IAEA develops and promulgates guidance and recommendations for the international transportation of radioactive materials. Such consensus…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. J. Hill, D. K. Morton, D. L. Pincock, A. L. Lengyel
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In accordance with the provisions of a Memorandum of Agreement between DOE’s Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G.J. Dicke, X. Bernard-Bruls, R.B. Pope, L.G. Blalock
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) encourages research by its Member States and involved international organizations into…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Zeisler, Bernd Gogolin, Viktor Ballheimer, Jens Poeppinghaus
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MOSAIK II-15 casks were designed for the transport of different types of radioactive waste, among others heavy scrap compacts and steel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroaki Taniuchi, Jun Shimojo
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For the skyshine calculation of transport and storage casks, it is not reasonable to use the detailed cask geometry as a source because of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.L. PERRIN, Ph. HUBERT, G. Sert
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Following a request of the French Defence Transport Safety Committee, consideration has been given to the activity content limits…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Sylvain Faille
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As of May 31, 2000, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), formerly the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), was created and a new…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Takashi Miyazawa, Yuji Kasai, Masanori Aritomi
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The practical threshold for water leak-tightness of small leaks was determined by experimentation. Small leak samples were made and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.T. Lizot, G. Sert, M.L. PERRIN, K. B. Shaw, R. Gelde, J. S. Hughes, F. Lange, G. Schwarz, H.-J. Fett, R. Christ
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One of the major changes in the IAEA Transport Regulations (No. TS-R-1 (ST-1, Revised)) is the explicit requirement for the establishment…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):James H. Eide, Jennifer Biedscheid, Murthy Devarakonda, Mark Whittaker
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he volume of remote-handled (RH) transuranic (TRU) waste managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is estimated to be 4,027.3 cubic…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Kawakami, S. Fujita, Y. Katsumura, Y. Sakata, H. Takatsuki
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It is advantageous to use liquid neutron shield for a spent fuel transportable storage cask, because of heat removal performance and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick Nelis, Keith Christie, Philip Simpkin, Les Gavin
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Baker Hughes INTEQ, a division of Baker Hughes Incorporated, provides drilling and associated services to the global oil and gas industry.…