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This summary provides the results of an evaluation of radioactive shipment records from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) from 1986 to…
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Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) has developed two packagings that can be used to ship Type A quantities of radioactive liquids. WHC…
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The Type B Drum package is a container in which a single drum containing Type B quantities of radioactive material will be packaged for…
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Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) are used as power or heat sources for space applications such as the Cassini Mission…
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The U.S. Department ofEnergy (DOE) has developed a transportation tracking and communications system that is used for selected unclassified…
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The use of borated materials for criticality control is a well-proven technique in the lield of spent-fuel transport packagings. Because…
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Paragraph 422 of IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (Safety series n°6, 1985 Edition As amended 1990)…
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For more than 50 years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has been enriching uranium for commercial nuclear fuel and defense purposes.…
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The RADTRAN computer code calculates risk estimates for radioactive materials transportation by highway, rail, air, and waterborne modes.…
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It is likely that the ongoing process to produce the 1996 version of the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials,…
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In France, large quantities of uranium hexafluoride are used in the various uranium enrichment and reprocessing plants. Natural or depleted…
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A type B(U) shipping cask had been developed in KAERI for trrutsporting PWR spent fuel. Since the cask is to transport spent PWR fuel, it…
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The High Performance Spent Fuel Shipping Cask (HP-Cask) has been developed for the domestic transportation of spent fuel to the Rokkasho…
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In november 1982 the purpose built ship MIS Sigyn was launched at a shipyard in France.This occasion was the starting point for a…
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The severity of the IAEA accident conditions test requirement (IAEA 1990) of an impact onto an essentially unyielding target from a drop…
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Evaluation of the radiological risks of accidents involving vehicles transporting radioactive materials requires consideration of both…
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The French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) operates several facilities which produce various transuranic wastes. These wastes are generally…
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Shipments of radioactive material (RAM) constitute but a small fraction of the total hazardous materials shipped in the United States each…
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The report A Guide for the Design, Fabrication, and Operation of Shipping Casks for Nuclear Applications, ORNL-NSIC-68, commonly called the…
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The Dry Storage Container (DSC) is being developed by Ontario Hydro for the on-site storage and possible future transportation of used fuel…