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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Olaf Schilling, Frank Wille, Dietmar Wolff, Thilo Nitz
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In Germany spent nuclear fuel is stored under dry conditions in dual purpose casks (DPCs). Until a final repository will be available, the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):OC Kwan, SY Kim, YI Yoo, NG Park, SK Lee, JS Yoo
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In Korea, starting Hanbit unit, the on-site storage capability for Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) is expected to be saturated, and Kori unit 1…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Tae-Man Kim, Ji-Young Ku, Ho-Seog Dho, Chun-Hyung Cho, Jae-Hun Ko
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The Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD) has developed a dual-purpose metal cask for the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel that has been…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Mathias CHAZOT, Fabien LABERGRI, Christopher Dane
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BackgroundWhatever the nuclear facilities activities (even in case of shutdown / renewal), challenges regarding waste management arise…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marie-Thérèse CAILLARD-LIZOT, Benoit ECKERT, Olivier Isnard, Jérôme Joly, Colette Clemente, Panagiota Xydi, Christian Vandecasteele, Guy Lourtie, Vivien Tran-Thien, Christophe VALLENTIN, Pierre-Marie Nahon, Nicholas Barton Barton
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Transports of radioactive materials are regularly performed in an international context and the possibility of accidents with cross-border…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Samir Sarkar
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The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) is the regulatory authority for Commonwealth entities, which…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Muhammad Muneer, Shazia Fayyaz, Adnan Khan
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Radioactive material above a certain activity limit as defined in national and international regulations is transported in specific…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Fernando Zamora, Victoria Aceña
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The objective is to present three binding Safety Instructions (IS) and one Safety Guidance (GS) issued by the CSN in relation with the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Meraj Rahimi, Huda Akhavannik
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To successfully certify high burnup (i.e., >45 GWD/MTU) spent fuel (HBF) for transportation, information that demonstrates reasonable…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Shadi Ghrayeb, Veronica Wilson
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) performs reviews of applications for spent nuclear fuel transportation packages and storage…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Wang Xuexin, Sun Hongchao, Li Guoqiang, Zhuang Dajie, Wang Renze, Sun Shutang, Meng Dongyuan
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Some radioactive sources are often used in irradiation industry and radiotherapy, such as Co-60, Cs-137, I -131, P-32, Sm-153, Mo-99, Sr-90…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Xavier Domingo, Peter Breitenstein, Vanessa Laloy, Jay Thomas
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In many countries, Research Reactor (RR) operators are responsible for the safe and sustainable management of their Research Reactor Spent…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jens Uwe Büttner, Florence-Nathalie Sentuc, Janis Endres
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The current Q system of the Transport Regulations published by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was developed in the 1980s for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Andrew Barto, Cecil Parks, Douglas G. Bowen
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Title 10 of the United States (US) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 71, Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Makoto Hirose, Akiko Konnai, Stephen Whittingham
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In the 2012 Edition of the IAEA Transport Regulations (SSR-6, the Regulations), the requirement of “a permanent enclosed character” has…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Frank Nitsche, Ingo Reiche, Uwe Büttner, Florentin Lange
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The LSA-II and LSA-III material requirements were introduced into the IAEA Transport Regulations in the early 70s and revised in the 80s of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Martine Liebens, Rony Dresselaer, Guy Lourtie
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Currently, the transport of radioactive material in Belgium is governed by chapter VII of the GRR [1]. This current license-based system,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Tristan Karns, Paul Herrick Smith, Timothy Amos Stone, Kirk Patrick Reeves, Douglas Kirk Veirs, Jude M. Logo, Tresa F. Yarbo, Robin J. Cunnigham, Murray E. Moore, Eric Weis, Michael W. Blair, Laura A. Worl
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Incidents involving release of nuclear materials stored in containers of convenience such as food pack cans, slip lid taped cans, paint…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Masumi Wataru, Koji Shirai, Toshiari Saegusa
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To verify the effectiveness of surface treatment techniques to the commercialized canister, the mock-up lid part of the canister made of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Maik Hennebach, Franz Hilbert, Roland Baumann
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For radioactive waste with negligible heat generation, final storage in the Konrad repository requires that the waste is conditioned and…