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Author(s):Olaf Schilling, Lars Müller, Viktor Ballheimer, Steffen Komann, Frank Wille
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Load attachment points, consisting of the lifting component and corresponding bolt connections, and lid systems, consisting of a lid,…
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Author(s):Shinji Goko, Jiro Katayama
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For cross-check analysis in JNES, we are examining for applying three-dimensional continuous energy Monte Carlo code PHITS(1) (Particle and…
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Author(s):Brian Craig, John Lee, Hanchung Tsai, Yung Y. Liu, Jim Shuler
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Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Packaging Certification Program (PCP), Office of Packaging and Transportation,…
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Author(s):David Ladsous, Laurence Esteller, Marie-Liesse DeLaporte-Normier
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The European Commission has entrusted the IRSN with a study to identify and analyse organisational and technological solutions for the…
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Author(s):Sven Schubert, Frank Wille, Viktor Ballheimer, Bernahd Droste
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In Germany dual purpose casks have to be assessed concerning material corrosion and aging, i.e. that a transport has to be considered…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Komann, Y. Kiyak, F. Wille, U. Zerbst, M. Weber, D. Klingbeil
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In the design approval of transport packages for radioactive materials, the mechanical and thermal safety assessment is carried out in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Steffen Komann, Carsten Gröke, Bernahd Droste
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The majority of transports of radioactive materials are carried out in packages which don’t need a package design approval of a competent…
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Author(s):A. Detkina, O. Barinkov, A. Dorofeev, M. Orlov, S. Semenovykh, A. Tselishchev, A. Stroganov, Kuryndin Anton, A. Shapovalov
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This paper presents the results of assessment of radiation risk to the personnel and public for scheduled shipment of the spent nuclear…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael C. Billone, Tatiana A. Burtseva, Yung Y. Liu
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Pre-storage drying-transfer operations and early stage storage can subject cladding to high enough temperatures and hoop stresses to induce…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. G. Bowen, C. V. Parks
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Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71 (10 CFR 71), issued in 2004, includes provisions for general licenses of fissile…
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Author(s):Matt Eyre, Jean-Alain Laurin, Richard Krutzik, Pierre Marchand
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Neutron absorber materials are used for cask storage as well as for transportation of nuclear fuel. Furthermore, high density storage of…
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Author(s):Andrew Barto, Meraj Rahimi
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Allowance in the criticality safety analysis of spent fuel storage and transportation systems for the decrease in fuel reactivity resulting…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A. K. Langston, P. H. Sewell
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In recent years it has become industry practice to directly transfer CAD geometry from native CAD program directly into FEA codes to…
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Author(s):W.L. Daugherty, K. A. Dunn, E, R. Hackney
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The 9975 shipping package is used as part of the configuration for long-term storage of special nuclear materials in the K Area Complex at…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Henry-Jacques Neau, Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli, Michel Hartenstein
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While the safety record for the transport of radioactive materials is exemplary, and has been so for over 50 years, it is very important…
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Author(s):John Miller
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Following the events of September 11, 2001, a growing concern regarding the malicious use of radioactive materials and radioactive sources…
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Author(s):Wade A. Winters, Michael E. Wangler, Ella B. McNeil
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Commercial low level radioactive waste (LLW) destined for near surface disposal in the United States (US) must be properly characterized…
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Author(s):Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli, Martin Porter
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Radioactive wastes from the manufacture of fuel for nuclear power reactors, and the decommissioning of redundant nuclear facilities vary…
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Author(s):Albert J. Machiels, Joseph Y.R. Rashid, Dion J. Sutherland, William F. Lyon
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The end-of-reactor-life (EOL) rod internal pressure (RIP) is the primary protagonist for several evolutionary changes during long-term dry…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dave Heinrichs, Soon S. Kim, Debdas Biswas, Philip Chou, Rich Buck, Ed Lent, Chuck Lee
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The performance of a shipping package in satisfying the regulatory requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is normally…