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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. Turula
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Within the framework of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, (ASME B&PVC) (ASME 1992) an…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Lange, D. Gruendler, J. S. Hughes, K. B. Shaw, J. Lombard
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Radioactive material in the form oflow specific activity materials (LSA) and surface contaminated objects (SCO) can be carried by all modes…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.R. Green, R.A. Schwarz, K.E. Hillesland, V.E. Roetman, J.G. Field
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Radcalc for Windows 1 is a menu-driven Microsoft2 Windows-compatible computer code that calculates the radiolytic production of hydrogen…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W.L. Uncapher, G.F. Hohnstreiter
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Evaluation and certification of radioactive and hazardous material transport packages can be accomplished by subjecting these packages to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):O.F. Brown II
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This paper will discuss recent nuclear liability developments in the United States. Since this conference has participants from about 17…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Miles Greiner, S. Shin, R.A. Wirtz
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The objective of this work is to compare the response of intact and damaged versions of the 125-ton Multi-Purpose Canister (MPC) rail…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I L S Gray, I.F. White
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The present IAEA Transport Regulations (1985, as amended 1990) total four separate documents. Only the first of these contains the actual…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D Raffestin, T. Schneider, H-J. Fett, F. Lange, G. Schwarz, J. Lombard, J.-Y. RECULEAU
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A transport risk assessment study has been completed on behalf of the French Nuclear Protection and Safety Institute (IPSN), France, the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. V. Parks, B. Broadhead
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The staff of the Nuclear Engineering Applications Section (NEAS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have been involved for over 25…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Floyd P. Henry, C.W. Williamson
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Polyurethane foam has been used as a protective medium in nuclear material transportation containers for over 30 years. Other materials…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Klaus Ridder
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Hazardous matcnals carnage m Europe IS governed by complicated regulations However. what good arc the best regulations 1fthey arc not being…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H. Stelzer, Rudolf Diersch, G. Dreier, N. Ulrich
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GNB Gesellschaft fur Nuklear Behalter mbH has a long-term experience in developing casks for the transport and storage of spent-fuel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Wataru, A. Kosaki, O. Katoh, H. Fujiwara, Jun NOBE
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In the IAEA's Transport Regulations of 1996, it is planned that a thermal test requirement is imposed on packages shipping natural uranium…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Giuseppe Forasassi, A. Orsini, B. Rapone
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Many years ago ENEA and the University of Pisa developed a research program to design a fissile material transport packaging manufactured…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul McConnell, Ken B. Sorenson, M.H. Carter, M. P. Keane, V.F. Keith, R.J. Heid
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Sea RAM is a multi-year Department of Energy (DOE) project designed to validate the safety of shipping radioactive materials (RAM) by sea.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Kubo, H. Matsushima, T. Kitamura, T. Ito
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The dedicated plutonium transport ship Akatsuki-Maru which left Cherbourg port in France in November. 1992 and then sailed down the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Ueki, A. Ohashi, N. Nariyama, S. Hode, Takatoshi Hattori, S. Nagayama, T. Fujita, K. Hattori, Y. Anayama
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Many shielding experiments and analyses have been reported on the shielding effect of materials, and some benchmark or mock-up experiments…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.E. Best, C.R. Hamberger, R.J. Maddigan, M.F. Moerchen, P.B. Lester, L. B. Shappert
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SMAC is the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) information system that collects, stores, and analyzes information on all unclassified…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. Palmieri, S. Trivelloni
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The Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (RAM) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Series No.6 (…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ryoji ASANO, M. Aritomi, M. Matsuzaki, T. Kawa, Mitsuo Matsumoto
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A sealing function of transport and/or storage casks of radioactive materials such as spent fuels is essential to prevent radioactive…