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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Naohito WATABE, H. Suzuki, T. Saegusa
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Low Level Waste packages are transported from each Japanese nuclear power plants to Rok:kasho-Mura by exclusive ship. These packages are…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. Vieru
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The radiological risks of transporting radioactive materials can be determined using probability safety assessment (PSA) techniques and has…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I L S Gray, W D Manville
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UK Nirex Ltd (Nirex) is responsible for developing a deep repository for the disposal of the United Kingdom's intermediate level waste and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):B. Desnoyers, I. Hunter, A. Villeneuve
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The TN 13/2 cask was designed for the transport of spent fuel from 1300 MW reactors to reprocessing plants. It is capable of canying…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H. Asano, Mitsuo Matsumoto, T. Saegusa
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High bum-up spent fuel will be transported from each Japanese nuclear power station to the reprocessing facility of Japanese Nuclear Fuel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. D. Wix, F. L. Kanipe, W. McMurtry
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This paper presents a detailed explanation of the construction of an internet enabled database, also known as a database driven web site.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. Matsumura, A. Sasahara, M. Takei, T. Takekawa, K. Kagehira, G. Nicolaou, M. Betti
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Chemical analyses of high bumup U02 (65 GWd/t) and MOX (45 GWd/t) spent fuel pins were carried out. Measured data of nuclides' composition…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. Sedlacek, W. Dahl, P. Langenberg, N. Stranghöner, G. Dreier, Rudolf Diersch
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The choice of a structural steel material for a component of a transport and storage cask for RAM is strongly determined by the demand that…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Allen C. Smith, G. Clément
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The ability to ship Type B liquid packages will be necessary for the nuclear industry to meet the energy production requirements of the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. S. Neuhauser, F. L. Kanipe, Ruth F. Weiner
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A number of environmental impact analyses with the RADTRAN computer code have shown that dose to persons at stops is one of the largest…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G H Bailey, G W Monks
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The 1996 issue of IAEA STl (formerly SS6) will, from January 2001, call for transport cylinders containing natural uranium hexafluoride ('…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. Raisonnier, S. Semin-Vadov, Y. Koshik, A. Lemogne
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Irradiated nuclear fuels (INFs) are transported regularly in and between the New Independent States (NIS). Under the TACIS Programme (…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Rancillac, G. Sert, J.C. Niel, J.B. Servajean, C. Penoty, P. Cheron, J.P. Brault
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When it is accidentally buried into soft ground, a spent fuel package can lose its heat dissipation capability, as a result of the gradual…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Lange, H-J. Fett, G. Schwarz, D Raffestin, T Schneider, R. Gelder, J. S. Hughes, K. B. Shaw, B. Hedberg, P. Simenstad, B. Svahn, J. F. A. van Hienen, R. Jansma
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1bis paper is an account of work performed within a multi-lateral research project on the radiological risks associated with the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R W T Sievwright, I L S Gray, D J Bernasconi, P McGuinn, C.F. Tso
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UK Nirex Ltd is developing a range of reusable shielded transport containers (RSTCs) to ensure the safe transport of immobilised…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. V. Parks, C.M. Hopper, J. J. Lichtenwalter, E. P. Easton, P. G. Brochman
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The paragraphs for general licenses for fissile material and exemptions (often termed exceptions in the international community) for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I. Obara, Tadashi Sasao, Hideo Akiyama, T. Kubota
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A commercial reprocessing plant is Wlder construction at the Fuel Cycle Facilities in Rokkasho-mura, Aomori Prefecture. To prepare for the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):E. Pinton, G. Berthound, B. Duret
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The purpose of this study is to predict the thermohydraulic behaviour of a UF6 container in a fire. The coupling of the thermal model with…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ryoji ASANO, M. Aritomi, M. Matsuzaki
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A containment function of radioactive materials transport casks is essential for safe transportation to prevent the radioactive materials…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P.I. Lelong, B. Duret, K. Shirai, M. Wataru
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In order to conform to the new requirements from the IAEA, it is necessary for the large-scale UF6 containers to comply with the fire…