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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. MALESYS
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The designer of a packaging has to face two main problems: to fulfill the goal set forth by the user and to meet the safety requirement…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):N. Watabe, E. Kashiwagi, S. Ozaki, S. Kobayashi, H. Akamatsu
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Most Low Level Wastes derived from Japanese nuclear power stations are classified as LSA-II ·III material according to ss6 §131 of the IAEA…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.J. Ammerman, M. W. Heinstein, Gerald Wellman
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The use of inelastic analysis methods instead of the traditional elastic analysis methods in the design of radioactive material (RAM)…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H.-J. Pfeiffer, L. Smith
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Although Switzerland is world famous as an alpine tourist land, it is also an advanced industrialized country with a gross national product…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P.C. Florido, E.R. Isnardi
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In a conceptual evaluation of different designs of a type B(U) package, several engineering solutions must be studied. In this stage (…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Weiner, K. S. Neuhauser
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Concern about the risks posed to people who live along spent nuclear fuel transportation routes has led to demands for redundant…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Shirai, H. Akamatsu, C. Ito, H. Ryu
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According to the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials, a 9 m drop test is required for a type B packages as a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. Minami, Y. Yanaka, N. Takahashi, K. Yasufuku, Y. Doi, W. J. McConaghy
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The objectives of this study are to present the features of the Japanese horizontal modular storage system for dry storage of PWR and BWR…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Grenier
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Already in 1961, for every package, the tests, as they were kept until now, appear without consideration of the foreseen transport mode,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Fukuda
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It is my great honor to be given this opportunity to speak in this plenary session. I would like to speak about the current status and the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Ridder
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For thousands of years a flourishing exchange of goods has been taking place all over Europe, and once gunpowder had been invented, this…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H. Tamaki, C. Ito, S. Ozaki, S. Shiomi
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Japanese utilities have contracts with CXX}EMA and BNFL for reprocessing spent fuels discharged from their commercial nuclear power…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. Ito, O. Kato, Y. Kato
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The object of this demonstration test program is to ensure safe transport of vitrified highlevel radioactive wastes resulting from the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I Nagano, S. Shimura, T. Miki, T. Tamamura, K. Kunitomi
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The transport ~ng fer low level radioactive waste ( so-caJ.I ed the LL W packaging) bas been developed to be utilized fer transportation c1…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A.R. York II, J.M. Freedman, M.A. Kincy, B.J. Joseph
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Sandia National Laboratories has completed the design and is now fabricating packagings for shipment of tritium gas in conformance with…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. A. Koski, N.R. Keltner, V.F. Nicolette, S.D. Wix
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For final qualification of shipping containers for transport of hazardous materials, thermal testing in accordance with regulations such as…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ichizo Kokaji, Kenichi Tanaka, Akio Fukazawa
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The construction plan for the Rokkasho reprocessing plant has been realized , and the preparation for the transportation of spent fuel to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. Chohzuka, T. Shimura, T. Kikuchi, R. Fujiwara, S. Karigome, M. Takani, K. Ogasawara
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For storage of used core components which are produced from reactors, Tohoku EPCO decided to construct a site bunker at Onagawa site. It…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I L S Gray, David Hutchinson, M.H. Burgess, J. Higson, M.A. Randall
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UK Nirex Ltd (Nirex) has been set up by the UK Nuclear Industry to establish a deep repository for the disposal of low level (LLW) and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W.L. Uncapher, D.J. Ammerman, D. R. Stenberg, D. R. Bronowski, M. Arviso
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Radioactive material package designers use structural testing to verify and demonstrate package performance. A major part of evaluating…