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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bill Sievwright, Steve Barlow, Chris Fry, John McCarthy
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Nirex is developing transport container designs capable of transporting the UK’s intermediate level waste packages from their sites of…
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Author(s):Peter Shih, Glenn Guerra
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The TN-68 is an optimized, dual-purpose dry storage design which can be loaded in the spent fuel pool and transferred to the ISFSI for…
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Author(s):S. Dudragne
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Transnucléaire has developed a new concept of tank vehicle, named « TN-CIEL », intended for road transportation of low level radioactive…
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Author(s):Klaus Ridder
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lways when accidents happen, is the call loud for better training for those responsible for the movement of dangerous goods. This was quite…
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Author(s):Henry-Jacques NEAU
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Nuclear issues very scarcely leave the public unmoved. The current economic and environmental context and the media will certainly bring…
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Author(s):Dr. H.-P. Winkler, R. Gartz
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It is well known that CASTOR® casks are suitable for the long term storage of spent nuclear fuel without losing its stipulated properties…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kan Shibata, Norikazu Okubo, Masayuki Usami, Takafumi Kitamura, Fumio Kashiwabara, Junichi Kurakami
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The criticality accident occurred on September 30, 1999 at JCO’s (formerly Japan Nuclear Fuel Conversion Co., Ltd.) uranium processing…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. Galtier, F. LABERGRI, C. Penoty
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The knowledge of the irradiated fuel rods behavior is crucial in order to improve the performance of nuclear power plants. Therefore, it is…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Vincent PERTUIS
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IAEA Regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material establish standards of safety which provide an acceptable level of control…
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Author(s):N. Bruno, R. GENERINO
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Transport of radioactive material in Brazil shall be performed in full compliance with safety requirements as established by several…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Nitsche, Ch. Fasten
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The transport of radioactive material in Germany is regulated by the dangerous goods transport regulations and the regulations of the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Erich K. Opperman, Mark D. Bowers, Michael R. Hughes
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The Savannah River Site’s missions have expanded from primarily a defense mission to one that includes environmental cleanup and the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Thomas I. McSweeney
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UMMARY We have been performing risk assessments for the transport of hazardous materials for the last quarter century. What is the best use…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. R. Rawl, K. F. Eckerman, J. S. Hughes, L. Bolgona
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Limits on the activity allowed in Type A packages in transport are prescribed in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “Regulations…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. V. Parks, J. C. Wagner, I. C. Gauld, B. Broadhead, C. E. Sanders
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In 1999 the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. NRC) initiated a research program to support the development of technical bases and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):O. Doaré, K. Dieschbourg, C. Huet
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Assuming that a 12 tonne-UF6 cylinder without thermal protection is subject to a long duration fire without intervention of the emergency…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Elizabeth Darrough, Ph.D, John M. Hortel, Steven A. Porter, Charles J. Temus
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The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) developed the 2000 MED package that is designed to protect an ANSI N14.1 standard 1S…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Blake Williams, John Patterson
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Following the completion of spent fuel loading in Argentina for shipment to the U.S., ancillary cask handling equipment was packaged for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. L. Sprung, G. S. Mills, K. S. Neuhauser
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The construction of cumulative distributions of values for RADTRAN variables that take on a wide range of values in the real world is…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kenneth W. Stephens