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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Porter, Hirotaka Nojima
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World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) was founded in 1998 to represent the collective interests of the nuclear transport industry and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Joshua P. Flach, Christopher Cable, Charles McKeel, Glenn Abramczyk
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Zero Power Physics Reactor (ZPPR) are a radioactive material form used to study the physics of fast neutron spectrum reactors and for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Florian Spielmann, Ben Dekker, Trevor Dixon
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The World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) was founded in 1998 to represent the collective interests of the radioactive materials…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas J. Criddle, Philip W. Noss
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AREVA Federal Services LLC, under contract to the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s OffsiteSource Recovery Program, has developed a new Type…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas J. Criddle, Philip W. Noss
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AREVA Federal Services LLC, under contract to the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s OffsiteSource Recovery Program, has developed a new Type…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jan Wieman, Peter Breitenstein
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The 500 MWe Borssele Nuclear Power Plant in The Netherlands is owned and operated by Elektriciteits-Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland N.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. L. White-Horton, Michael Whitaker, Jim Garner, Ed Wonder
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), members of the U.S. national laboratories, UF6…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Claude LEROY, Eric Togni
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DGDM is originally a type B package designed by the CEA to transport technological solid waste. This waste contains organic elements which…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Florence LEFORT-MARY, Christine Lamouroux, Bruno Dumont, Benjamin Kerr
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When preparing for the decommissioning of a nuclear facility, during its “end of life” management and while performing the actual…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Charles R. Bryan, Remi P. Dingreville, David E. Weirich
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In the U.S., spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is stored in dry storage cask systems for long-term interim storage. The systems commonly used…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Claude LEROY, Nicolas Baumet, Adrien Pesenti
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The mechanical studies for type-A and type-B packages are focused in part on the tie-down system (in application of Art. 607, 613 and 638…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. Becker, R. Hüggenberg, T. Finger, J. Holtorf
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According to the IAEA Regulations (SSR-6i) packages shall be capable of withstanding the effects of accelerations arising from routine…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):George Carver, Juan C. Subiry
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Commercially available multi-purpose concrete based systems can be efficiently adapted for storing vitrified high level waste (HLW)…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Alexia Favre, Franz Hilbert
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1. The Valve Protecting DeviceThe valve protecting device prevents contact of the valve with any part of the DN30 PSP or the 30B cylinder…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Masumi Wataru, Koji Shirai, A. Béziat, F. Ledrappier, K. Vulliez, B. Deschamps, J.F. Juliaa, L. Mirabel, H.P. Winkler, R. Hüggenberg
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In the framework of CEA, the TECHNETICS GROUP France, GNS and CRIEPI are collaborating on an experimental program to assess the long-term…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Stefan Anton, John (Xuejun) Zhai
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Holtec International developed a dual purpose (storage and transport) spent fuel cask, HI-STAR 180, for use in Switzerland. After initial…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jane He, Jayant Bondre
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Dry storage of Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) is a necessary aspect of the safe management of UNF in the United States of America (USA) and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Vincent Leblanc, Guy Lourtie, Jurgen Claes, Michel Sonck
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The 2012 Edition of the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (SSR-6) [1] has introduced the concept of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. TARDY, Stavros KITSOS, Laurent Milet, G. GRASSI
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Credit for criticality safety evaluation from the decrease in reactivity during fuel irradiation due to the change in concentration (…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Konrad Linnemann, Viktor Ballheimer, Jens Sterthaus, Annette Rolle, Frank Wille, Ramil Nasyrow, Dimitrios Papaioannou, Efstathios Vlassopoulos, Vincenzo Rondinella
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Transport packages for spent nuclear fuel have to be assessed with respect to specific transport conditions which are defined in the…