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LEGAL, POLITICAL AND OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSPORT OF BROOKHAVEN SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL IN THE USA
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Garrison, G.C. Kinne
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In the United States of America, as in many other countries, the shipping of radioactive materials is a difficult task. One of the m~or…
LES LIMITES DU DOMAINE JURIDIQUE DES AGREMENTS UNILATERAUX
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Grenier
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Unilateral approval is simple in theory. However, its practical application raises one or two problems not only with regard to…
MAINTENANCE OF THE PACKAGINGS USED FOR THE TRANSPORT OF SPENT FUEL
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Lazarevitch, B. Cooke
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Regular maintenance of packagings used for the transport of spent fuel has been carried out in Europe for the past three years. The three…
MATERIAL MODELLING AND IMPACT ANALYSIS OF POLYURETHANE FOAM FILLED T 2 0 TRANSPORTATION PACKAGES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R, G, Sauve, W.W. Teper, G.J. Sullivan
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Packages used in the road transponation of tritiated heavy water (T 20) must demonstrate the ability to withstard severe shocks and impacts…
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF IMMOBILIZED INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. Donelan, C.J. Milloy, J C Miles, B. Marlow
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The paper describes a programme of work in which the mechanical properties of immobilized waste forms were evaluated and related to the…
METHODOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING THE RADIOLOGICAL IMP ACT ARISING FROM THE TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.H. Mairs, K. B. Shaw
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The paper seeks to provide advice on the suitability of existing radiological consequence models for specific transport situations. The…
METHODOLOGY TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF TRANSPORTATION ON SYSTEMS DECISIONS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G.W. McNair, J.L. Braitman, G.M. Holter
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The Pacific Northwest Laboratories, in support of the Department of Energy, have developed two models that provide an analytic basis for…
MIXING OF PACKAGE DESIGNS: NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis Mennerdahl
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International transport regulations incorporate rules for mixing package designs during transport, including transit storage. Permissible…
MULTIPURPOSE CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION FOR TRANSPORTING RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Gulyás, J. Ozorai, F. Takáts, S. Standke, R. Diersch, M. Weiss
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Within the scope of the design and development work connected with the Hungarian nuclear power station construction programme, the Power…
NEW DESIGN OF A SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL SHIPPING CASK USING A DEPLETED URANIUM SHIELDING
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Sano, T. Ishikawa, R. Homma, S. Onodera, H. Yoshida
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ln anticipation of future demand for shipment of higher bumup spent nuclear fuel (SF), a higher performance shipping cask (JSU-1), with a…
NICKEL PLATING OF SPENT FUEL ELEMENT TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE CONTAINERS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.O. Bedenig, F. Holly
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For economic reasons, the stainless steel used for nuclear transport and storage containers has been replaced by a significantly less…
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST METHOD FOR DETERMINING BORON CONTENT OF BASKETS INSERTED IN SHIPPING CASKS TO ENSURE SUBCRITICALITY
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.M.Q. Hosseini, M. Blechschmidt, W. Anspach, E. Pollmann, W. Rudolf
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In order to ensure the subcriticality of spent fuel elements in shipping casks, the fuel elements are placed into an inserted basket with…
NUCLEAR FUEL TRANSPORT: THE SPECIAL CASE OF SPENT FUEL TRANSPORT
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bernard Lenail, H.W. Curtis
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NUCLEAR FUEL TRANSPORT: THE SPECIAL CASE OF SPENT FUEL TRANSPORT. Nuclear transport constitutes for Cogema an essential activity linking…
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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):NULL NULL
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ON-BOARD EXPERIMENT AND ANALYSIS OF DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS IN A SPENT FUEL SHIPPING VESSEL
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Ueki, Y. Namito, T. Fuse
Abstract:
An on-board experiment was carried out in a spent fuel shlpping vessel, the Pacific Swan, in whlch 13 casks of the TN-12A and Excellox 3…
ONTARIO HYDRO TRITIATED HEAVY WATER TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.F. Tanaka, K.K. Lo
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Ontario Hydro currently operates 15 heavy water moderated reactors generating 10 GW of electrical power. As the moderator thermalizes…
OPERATION OF THE SWEDISH SEA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR SPENT FUEL
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bo Gustafsson, A. Ekendahl
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OPERATION OF THE SWEDISH SEA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR SPENT FUEL. At PATRAM 83, the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co. (SKB)…
PERMEATION THROUGH ELASTOMERIC 0-RING SEALS*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Brehm, K.H. Ecker, H. Kowalewsky, H.-P. Weise
Abstract:
Permeation of He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe and 0 2 through 0-ring seals of fluorocarbon rubber (e.g. Viton), ethylene-propylene rubber (EPDM) and…
PHASE CHANGE MODELS FOR CASK ANALYSIS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W.H. Lake
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PHASE CHANGE MODELS FOR CASK ANALYSIS. The applicability of the pure conduction model is considered for lead-shielded casks in which…
PHYSICAL PROTECTION DURING THE TRANSPORT OF IRRADIATED FUEL IN THE USSR.
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):NULL NULL
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The paper considers the main principles involved in the organization in the USSR of the transport of irradiated nuclear power plant fuel by…