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Transportation Operations Experience Involving Suspected Leaking Cesium Capsules*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. R. Rawl, R.G. Grubb, J.E. Ratledge, R.H. Jones
Abstract:
In Ma¥ 1988, contamination arrl. elevated radioactivity in a storage pool were detected at the Decatur, Georgia, facility of Radiation…
Transportation Operations Functions of the Federal Waste Management System
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):L. B. Shappert, M.J. Klimas
Abstract:
The Federal Waste Management Transportation System, developed for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste…
Transportation Safety Through Regulatory Compliance Training Is the Key to Success
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):N. Carnes, D. Stancell, D. Willaford, L. Blalock
Abstract:
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has a strong commitment to ensure the safe and efficient transportation of hazardous materials…
Transporting Spent and Damaged Fuel in the United States: Recent Experience and Lessons Learned Related to the Evolving Transportation Policy of the U.S. Department of Energy*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H.W. Reno, R.C. Schmitt, W.C. Lattin
Abstract:
In 1987, Fischer et al. noted that the nwnber of shipments of commercial spent nuclear fuel will increase dramatically in the United States…
TRlJPACT I Filtered Pressure Equalization System*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.A. Kincy, J.M. Freedman
Abstract:
A f iltered pressure equalization system (FPES) for a waste transportation package has been designed ani qualified to withstard the package…
Trunnions for Spent Fuel Element Shipping Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):B. Cooke
Abstract:
Trunnions are used on spent fuel element shipping casks for one or more of a combination of lifting, tilting or securing to a transport…
UF6 Cylinder Overpack Phenolic Foam Drop Testing
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W.D. Strunk, C.R. Barlow
Abstract:
The types and quantities of materi als to be used in the fire resistant phenolic foam for UF-6 cylinder protective overpacks are given in…
Update on Packaging for Uranium Hexafluoride Transport
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W.A. Pryor
Abstract:
The slightly enriched product, Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6), shipped from the enriching plants for the world's nuclear power plants, must be…
Use of StateGEN for the Routing Analysis of Transporting Radioactive Materials
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.V. Ardila-Coulson
Abstract:
In January 1987, the Nevada State Legislature passed Assembly Bill No. 47. The bill required the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT…
Using Computer Technology to Identify the Appropriate Radioactive Materials Packaging
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K.L. Driscoll, M.R. Conan
Abstract:
The Radioactive Materials Packaging (RAMPAC) database is designed to store and retrieve information on all nonclassified packages certified…
What Should Be Included in Operating Procedures for Packages*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.C. Witte
Abstract:
There is a wide variation in the operating procedures currently used for shipping radioactive material to and from various nuclear…
Why \"No Leakage\" Is Enough for Type A Packages: A Regulatory Point of View
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H.M.L. Gonzales, J.R. López Vietri, R.G. Novo
Abstract:
The 1985 Edition of the IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (Safety Series No. 6, 1985) establishes for…
Zircalloy Fuel Cladding Integrity During Dry Storage
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.W. Schwartz, M.C. Witte
Abstract:
Pursuant to Ch. 10, Sec. 72.72(h) of the code of Federal Regulations, the licensee of an interim spent fuel storage facility (ISFSI) must…
'SAFP AK' AND 'SAFKEG' PACKAGES - A NEW RANGE OF HIGH INTEGRITY PACKAGES FOR Pu AND U IN SOLID OR LIQUID FORM
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bob Vaughan
Abstract:
'SAFPAK' AND 'SAFKEG' PACKAGES - A NEW RANGE OF HIGH INTEGRITY PACKAGES FOR Pu AND U IN SOLID OR LIQUID FORM. The paper outlines the need…
A PERSONAL COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF PROPOSED CASK DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.A. Bucholz
Abstract:
Shipments of spent fuel to the Monitored Retrievable Storage (MRS) facility may be minimized by developing a new generation of truck and…
A STANDARD FOR BARGE TRANSPORT OF TYPE B QUANTITIES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.H. Jones, E.L. Wilmot
Abstract:
Although barge transportation plays an important role in the general commerce of the United States of America, only two radioactive…
AN ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT OF THE PROBABILITY FOR DAMAGE TO RADIOACfiVE MATERIAL TRANSPORT CASKS DUE TO BARGE COLLISIONS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):B.L. Hutchison, D.L. Gray, G. Bauer
Abstract:
The conditional probability for damage to radioactive material {RAM) transportation casks due to barge collisions was examined using level…
ANALYSIS OF THE DHLW CASK UNDER NORMAL AND HYPOTHETICAL ACCIDENT-CONDITION LOADS WITH INITIAL PRESSURE*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Koploy, W. Schlafer, P. Urias, A. Zimmer, M.M. Warrant
Abstract:
ANALYSIS OF THE DHLW CASK UNDER NORMAL AND HYPOTHETICAL ACCIDENTCONDmON LOADS WITH INITIAL PRESSURE. The paper describes analyses performed…
ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY FOR ESTIMATING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT'S OF THE TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Robert E. Luna, J. W. Cashwell, K. S. Neuhauser
Abstract:
The U. S. Department of Enef9Y Offices of Defense Programs and Civilian Radioactive Waste Management are in the process of locating fixed…
APPLICATION OF SCALE TO THE ANALYSIS OF SPENT FUEL CASKS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. V. Parks
Abstract:
The SCALE computational system was developed at the request of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for use in cask license…