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1/3-Scale Model Testing Program*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H.R. Yoshimura, S.W. Attaway, D. R. Bronowski, W.L. Uncapher, M. Huerta, D.G. Abbott
Abstract:
This paper describes the drop testing of a one-third scale model transport cask ~::tern. Two casks were supplied by Transnuclear, Inc. (TN…
140-B Rail/Barge Spent Fuel Cask Development
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.R. Doman, A.T. Kee
Abstract:
Development of the 90,700 Kg (100 ton) 140-B Rail/Barge cask for OCRWM requires satisfying at least the following simultaneous and…
A Cask Maintenance Facility Feasibility Study
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.J. Rennich, L.G. Medley, C.R. Attaway
Abstract:
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is supporting the USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) in developing a…
A Comparison of Yearly Radiation Dose to Drivers From Various Types of Radioactive Materials
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. M. Shuler
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to examine the radiation dose to drivers of vehicles carrying radioactive materials shipments by highway.…
A Container for Storage and Disposal of Low-Level Waste
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.L. Fish, B.D. Butler
Abstract:
A unique concept for corrosion-resistant containers for storing and disposing of low-level radioactive, mixed and toxic wastes has been…
A High Capacity Storage Cask
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A.H. Wells, J.M. Viebrock, A. Onodera, A. Nishikawa
Abstract:
Nuclear Assurance Corporation has designed a high capacity storage cask, which was built by Hitachi Zosen of Japan and delivered to…
A Local Isotropic/Global Orthotropic Finite Element Technique for Modeling the Crush of Wood in Impact Limiters
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S.W. Attaway, H.R. Yoshimura
Abstract:
Wood is often used as the energy absorbing material in impact limiters, because it begins to crush at low strains, then maintains a. near…
A Method for Evaluating Structural Transducers Used in Type B Package Testing*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.M. Madsen, W.L. Uncapher, D. R. Bronowski, D.R. Stenberg
Abstract:
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA) tasted the US. Department of Energy (DOE) with establishins and operatina a comprehensive,…
A New Basket for Transpo~t/Storage Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):V. Roland, P. Blum, P. Meyer
Abstract:
The heart of any cask concept is its basket : Because the outer dimensions of a transport cask, or the weight at crane hook of a storage…
A Programme to Validate Computer Codes for Container Impact Analysis
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A.J. Neilson, C.A. Cooper, N. Butler
Abstract:
The detailed analysis of containers during impacts to assess either margins to failure or the consequences of different design strategies,…
A Proposal for an International Brittle Fracture Acceptance Criterion for Nuclear Material Transport Cask Applications*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ken B. Sorenson, Rcihard Salzbrenner, Robert E. Nickell
Abstract:
The use, or proposed usc, of materials other than stainless steel for structural components of transportation casks is becoming…
A Radiological Approach to Increasing the Radiation Level Standard of a Package
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H. Akamatsu, H. Nagahama, Hiroaki Taniuchi, H. Abe, Koichi Satoh, S. Ozaki, T. Iida
Abstract:
Among the revised points in the 1985 edition of the IAEA Regulations, the acceptance criteria for shielding integrity after testing at…
A Regulatory Approach to the Safe Transport of Plutonium by Air
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. Devillers, C. Ringot, E.G. Tomachewsky, P. Hubert, P. Pagès
Abstract:
The safety of the transport of radioactive material presenting a high level of potential danger is based upon several lines of defence, a…
A Review of Information on Flow Equations for the Assessment of Leaks in Radioactive Transport Containers
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. Higson, C. Vallepin, H. Kowalewsky
Abstract:
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Regulations establish standards of safety which provide an acceptable level of control of the…
A Routing and Scheduling Algorithm for Radioactive Material Shipments
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. Smith
Abstract:
The United States Department of Transportation regulations for routing and scheduling of large quantity shipments of radioactive material…
A Source Term Methodology for Spent Fuel Cask Containment Evaluations
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. L. Sanders, R.E. Einziger, H. Jordan, A.P. Malinauskas
Abstract:
A cask containment system can generally be designed from two perspectives; either the cask and its associated hardware alone are assumed to…
A Spent Fuel Transportation Cask for the 21st Century
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):B.R. Nair, C.C. Little, F.E. Goedicke
Abstract:
The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 authorized the U.S. Department of Energy to establish a national integrated system for the disposal of…
A Wind Shielded Fire Test Facility 1
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):N.R. Keltner, L.A. Kent
Abstract:
Sandia National Laboratories1 has utilized pool frres to subject military components and radioactive material shipping containers to…
Advanced Handling Technology Project and Implications for Cask Design*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.M. Griesmeyer, P. C. Bennett, T. L. Sanders
Abstract:
Sandia National Laboratories supports the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management in applying…
Alternatives for Implementing Bumup Credit the Design and Operation of Spent Fuel Transport Casks*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. L. Sanders, William H. Lake
Abstract:
The traditional assumption used in evaluating criticality safety of a spent fuel cask is that the spent fuel is as reactive as when it was…