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The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) transports reprocessed uranium from the reprocessing plant to the…
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Transports associated with the nuclear fuel cycle nonnally use public means of transport by rail, road, sea and air and it might therefore…
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Contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) waste materials are nonradioactive items contaminated with alpha-emitting ttansuranium rad.ionuclides…
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Irradiated fuel transport flasks arc designed to survive impact and fire accidents without significant leakage of contents. The impact…
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Every year, electric utilities generate more spent fuel for ultimate disposal by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Civilian…
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In January 12th, 1987, several drums containing yellow cake felt from about 6 meters during the loading operation of a Boeing 747 T-100…
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The first edition of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) \"Regulatjons for the safe transport of radioactive materials\" was…
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Over the past several years, there have been ongoing discussions about the attempt to compare the thermal hypothetical accident environment…
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1\\vo types of insulation are currently in use in overpacks utilized to protect UF6 during transport. Phenolic foam has been used in the…
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This paper presents the results of comparisons of COBRA-SFS (spent fuel storage)·temperature predictions with experimental data from the TN…
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Storage of spent fuel from Light Water Reactors is an important aspect of strategies currently developed or implemented world-wide by…
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In January 1968 I started to work in nuclear transports. At this time, the safety precautions for nuclear shipments were only based on the…
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TRANSNET is a compilation of risk. systems analysis, routing and cost models as well as related data pertaining to radioactive materials…
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All across the nation there is growing interest in the transport of materials. The issues of interest vary from finding more efficient ways…
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In the past, transport and storage casks such as the TN 1300 /1/ and TN 900 casks, which were suitable for the fuel assembly storage pond…
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For obvious reasons related to the sensitive nature of plutonium, its transport is a delicate activity in which safety and security aspects…
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The present article describes the major aspects related to the packaging and transport operations performed in Goiania, Brazil, following…
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UK Nirex Ltd (hereafter referred to as Nirex) has been set up by the British nuclear industry to provide facilities for the disposal of…
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In October, 1988, the Governor of Idaho refused to allow Rocky Flats to ship any more rail cars of nuclear waste to Idaho because DOE and…
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In Ma¥ 1988, contamination arrl. elevated radioactivity in a storage pool were detected at the Decatur, Georgia, facility of Radiation…