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Developing a new waste route for the transport of UK spent sealed sources for long term storage
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Middleton
Abstract:
There is an ongoing requirement to manage redundant radioactive sealed sources used in medical, educational and commercial operations. In…
Developing Transport Regulator Capacity on a Regional Basis
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen Wittingham
Abstract:
Over 20 million shipments of radioactive material occur each year and this number is expected to increase as more countries develop their…
Development of a Benchmark Series of Cask Drops for Validation of Explicit Dynamic Finite Element Analyses
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Doug Ammerman
Abstract:
Package designers are increasingly relying on explicit dynamic finite element analyses to determine the response of packages to impact…
Development of a family of Robust Shielded Containers for the Storage, Transport and Disposal of Intermediate Level Waste
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Conrad Izatt, Chi-Fung Tso, Mark Johnson, Trevor Tait
Abstract:
Typically in the UK, Intermediate Level Waste (ILW) is retrieved, sorted and encapsulated in a cement grout within thin walled stainless…
Development of a New 48-Inch UF6 Cylinder Overpack
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Andy Langston, Norman Kent, Philip Sewell, Tanya Sloma
Abstract:
The Kevil Kougar overpack is new generation Type H(U) packaging designed to transport ANSIN14.1 and ISO-7195 compliant 48-inch UF6…
Development of a simulation tool for the thermal evaluation of transport and storage casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Christian Dinkel, Michael Frisch, Daniel Billenstein, Bernd Roith, Frank Rieg
Abstract:
Basically, the safe dissipation of heat is among others an important protection objective of transport and storage casks (T/S-casks). High…
Development of a Transport Container to Transport High Level Waste and Spent Fuel to a Geological Disposal Facility in the UK
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen Porter
Abstract:
Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) is responsible for developing a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for UK’s higher activity waste. RWM…
Development of Aluminum Boron Carbide Neutron Absorber Structural Material
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Xavier Clausse, Takutoshi Kondo, Yusuke Kamimura, Akiei Tanaka, Toshiaki YAMAZAKI
Abstract:
Neutron absorber is a material used as a divider to prevent the criticality between fuel assemblies in dry cask storage and/or…
Development of Aluminum-Based Neutron Absorber Material Containing Gadolinium
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Yusuke Kamimura, Toshiaki Yamazaki
Abstract:
Neutron absorber materials are used to prevent the criticality of fuel assemblies in dry casks and spent fuel storage racks. Currently,…
Development of an application for approval of a design of material as fissile excepted
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Hobson, Iain Phimister, John Harvey, Steve Middleton
Abstract:
Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (RWM) is responsible for developing a geological disposal facility for the UK’s higher activity waste. In…
Development of BRACSS code for recalculating Q values by Monte Carlo method
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Nobuhiro Hayakawa, Yoshihiro HIRAO
Abstract:
The A1/A2 values of SSR-6 [1] are derived from Q values calculated based on the Q system. However it is known that the current values(SSG-…
Development of fissile package contents limits for intermediate level waste packages
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Hobson, John Harvey, Iain Phimister, Steve Middleton
Abstract:
Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (RWM) is responsible for developing a geological disposal facility for the UK's higher activity waste. In…
Development of Human Resource Capacity Building Assistance for Nuclear Security
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Naoko Noro, Yo Nakamura, Mizuki Hirai, Naoki Kobayashi, Norio Kawata, Yosuke Naoi
Abstract:
The Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN) of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been…
Development of Innovative Solutions for High Performance Impact Limiters on Transport Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kalck Charlotte, Neffati Amine, Hervé ISSARD
Abstract:
In reference to IAEA safety recommendations, regulations demand that transportation casks resist to acceleration effects occurring in…
Developments that are making the Versa-Pac Indeed More Versatile (and more useful to the industry)
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Tanya Sloma, Charlie Murphy, Philip Sewell, Norman Kent, Andy Langston
Abstract:
The Versa-Pac is a certified Type AF packaging (USA NRC Certificate # USA/9342/AF-96), often used as a package for waste disposal,…
Develping an Insulation Material for Type B Shipping Containers
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jeffery G. Arbital, Jerry A. Byington, Marvin O. Dixon
Abstract:
The Y-12 National Security Complex develops Type B shipping containers for various U.S.Department of Energy (DOE) missions. For the past 10…
Drop Test of 1/3 Scale Model for Modified TK Type Transport and Storage Cask - Experimental Results of Drop Test -
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jun Shimojo, Hiroshi Akamatsu, Keisuke Umehara, Masayoshi Okumura, Takao Shirakura, Hiroaki Taniuchi
Abstract:
Transnuclear and Kobe Steel have been developed and designed the transport and storage casks called TK type series. The TK type cask…
Dry Storage Ageing Project for Dual Purpose Casks in Switzerland
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Frank Koch
Abstract:
For several years, many activities have been launched concerning ageing issues of dry storage casks for spent fuel as, for example, the…
Dry storage of encapsulated defective fuel rods at Doel 1&2 in Belgium, challenges and progress
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Inge Suls, Anne Boogaerts, Vanessa Vo Van, Nathalie Allimann, Kay Muenchow
Abstract:
In the framework of the removal of all fissile and non-fissile material out of the spent fuel ponds of Doel power plant, a solution was…
e-Ship++: A cloud-based radiological transport assistant
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. Magill, Yann Donjoux, R. Dreher, R. Michaud
Abstract:
e-Ship++ (electronic Shipment) is a cloud-based application for calculating radiological characteristics of packages for the shipment of…