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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Benoit Perraud, Thierry Grainer, Ghislain Ferran
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An efficient emergency preparedness is an essential part of the defense in depth for all nuclear activities, including the transport of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Van Mierloo Xavier, Boeckx Wim
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The transport of spent fuel in type B fissile packages is done dry, without the presence of water in the package. This measure relates to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Maik Hennebach
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To assess the feasibility of using the TN 7-2 cask for the transport of MOX fuel rods from a prototype fast reactor, a criticality analysis…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A.D. Cummings
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Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is an effective tool for assessing packages used to transport Radioactive Materials (RAM) in normal operation…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Atsushi Yoshida, Akio OIWA, Akira Higuchi
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In this study, crushing characteristics of rigid polyurethane form (R-PUF) were obtained, and applicability of R-PUF as shock absorbing…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Alejandro Palacio, G. Calleja, David Garrido Quevedo, David Castrillón, Victor Gómez, R. Muñoz, R. Miguel, L. Moreno, E.G. Poncela
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The ENUN 24P dual-purpose metal cask has been adapted from the ENUN cask series concept developed by Ensa, to fulfil specific spent fuel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Rakesh Burgul
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Cyber security is the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jin Hirakawa, Takao Shirakura, Fumito Shigeyoshi, Kiyoshi Takahama
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It is a phenomenon that impact load applied onto lid from content with a gap between content and lid could be several times as larger as…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroshi Suzuki,, Hirokazu Ishii, Hisao Tohma, Shigeru Kishida
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Due to the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, radioactive materials were detected in sewage…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, Aifric Delahunty, Douglas Jamieson
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Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) is proposing to use a new shielded waste container TRU-Shield for the packaging and disposal of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, Matthew Walden, M. Shinozaki, R. Price, Conrad Izatt, Alejandro Palacio, David Garrido Quevedo, David Castrillón, Victor Gómez, R. Muñoz, R. Miguel, L. Moreno, E.G. Poncela
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The ENsa UNiversal ENUN 24P is a dual purpose metal cask developed by Ensa for dry storage and transportation of up to 24 PWR non-damaged,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Norikazu Irie, Hirofumi Kita, Shinichi Fukuda, Susumu Kubota, Junichi Kishimoto, Kosaku Nishi
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In Japan, the first interim spent fuel storage facility away-from-reactor (AFR) will start its operation for management of spent fuels…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Yosuke Nakabayashi, Yosuke Ogi, Hiroki Yomogita, Atsushi Kawamoto
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce operational plan of the first Interim StorageFacility (hereinafter referred to as ISF) built…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):George Carver, Juan C. Subiry
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Irradiated uranyl nitrate liquid (UNL) solutions are typically waste materials resulting from theprocessing of uranium target materials in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Boeckx Wim, Van Mierloo Xavier
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The design of a new packaging is a challenge regarding the ever increasing demands of the competent authorities to demonstrate full…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Joshua Jarrell, Abiodun Adeniyi, O. A. Martinez, G. Radulescu, K. R. Robb, J. M. Scaglione
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A concept for a universal canister system for storage, transportation, and eventual disposition of certain high-level waste has been…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Junichi Kishimoto, Hiroki TAMAKI, Daiichi Ishiko, Yuichi Saito, Takeshi Ichihashi
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Japanese “Type Approval” license system for a storage cask was institutionalized in 2012 in Japan, which can make a part of storage license…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Adelia Sahyun, Clarice Acosta Peres, Alexandre Machado Cabral
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This paper describes a source control system for non-destructive gammagraphy devices that tracks and easily locates a device in the event…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Damien Sicard, Hervé RIPERT, M. Lemoine
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Dual purpose transport/storage casks for radioactive materials use either a welded or bolted closure system: the latter being easier for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Zhuang Dajie, Li Guoqiang, Wang Renze, Sun Hongchao, Meng Dongyuan
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For irradiation source supply and recycle to the irradiation station both at home and abroad, irradiation source will be transport from…