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Author(s):K. B. Shaw, C. Ringot, J. S. Hughes
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Events involving the transport of radioactive material may occur in public areas and frequently receive signjficant media and public…
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Author(s):H. Okuno, T. Sakai
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Criticality safety studies are reviewed related to Advisory Material for 1996 Edition of the IAEA Regulation for the Safe Transport of…
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Author(s):Ensherah E. M. Ahmed, F.A. Rahman
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The results of the TNDSFP Code for thermo-nuclear design of spent fuel elements package are presented in this investigation. The code…
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Author(s):Ph. Maes, M. DOUCET
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The transport of low enrichment unirradiated PwR fuel involves no criticality risk in the absence of water. However, an adequate sub-…
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Author(s):A.P. Bolshakov, N.N. Gerdjukov, E.V. Zotov, S.A. Novikov, V.A. Sinitsin, Yu.I. Scherbak
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To decrease mechanic effect on loads being transponed, shock load limiters (dampers) are being widely used today. Usually, the materials…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Akopov, A. Bragov, V. Mineev, A. Romanov, P. Ulyakov
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This paper contains the results of mechanical and thermophysical properties investigations of the dense and porous refractory concretes(…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Y. Solignac, P. Zunino, JC Leblanc
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TN 17/2 transport packaging units that have been used for the transportation of irradiated fuel are contaminated internally. They have to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. Ito, O. Katoh, S. Komatsu, H. Ohnuma
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The drop tests stipulated in the IAEA Transport Regulation and analysis against the tests were carried out for a test package which has the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hidetsugu Yamakawa, Masumi Wataru, Y. Kouno, T. Saegusa
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The thermal test stipulated by the lAEA transport regulations was carried out for a test package, which has the same structural features as…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Koichi Satoh, C. Itoh, S. Komatsu, H. Ohnuma
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The video tape contains the pictures of the demonstration test of a shipping cask for high bumup spent fuels by CRIEPI that is a part of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Shirai, C. Ito, Masumi Wataru, T. Saegusa
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Natural Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6 ) is transported in a steel container called 48Y-cylinder. Up to now, various safety experimental and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A. Kapoor, P. Dickman
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This paper presents the overview of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Transportation Program (NTP). The program was recently…
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Author(s):A.P. Gaffka, G. Lawrence
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This paper summarises the design and approval testing of a new family ofTypeA and Type-B medium-size container. It also discusses some of…
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Author(s):A.P. Gaffka, G. Lawrence
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This paper summarises the design and approval resting ofthe Transhield-20 Type-B container in a programme that began in 1991 when the UKAEA…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):O. Roussel, P. Morlier
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Wood has been used for years in the making of containers for transport of nuclear materials because of the good compromise offered by wood…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Barlow, Neil A. Carr, T.N. Walker
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United Kingdom Nirex Limited (Nirex) has been established to develop and operate a deep underground repository for the disposal of the UK'…
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Author(s):J. A. Koski
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The test described in this paper is intended to measure the typical accident environment for a radioactive materials package in a fire…
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Author(s):Hiroki TAMAKI, T. Natsume, K. Maruoka, T. Yokoyama
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An advanced dry storage system design with highly improved storage efficiency of spent nuclear fuel has been developed. The new concept \"…
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Author(s):A. J. Trennel
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to establish a medical isotope project tlrat would ensure a reliable domestic supply of…
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Author(s):D.J. Ammerman, R. Geinitz, D. Thorp, M. Rivera
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There is a large backlog of plutonium contaminated materials at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site near Denver, Colorado, USA.…