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Current trends in communicating safe transport of radioactive materials
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli
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The World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) has now over fifteen years of experience in communicating the safe transport of radioactive…
Delivering Consignment Involving Time Lapse Between Packing and Shipment
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Porter, Zoe Whittle
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Sellafield Limited consigns radioactive material as part of its regular, daily business. Each year over 1,000 RAM packages are consigned…
Demonstration of the Structural Performance of Ensa’s ENUN 52B in a Range of Impact Scenarios in Storage and Transportation
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, Kevin Ip, Sundip Shah, Matthew Walden, David Garrido Quevedo, Alejandro Palacio, David Castrillón, Victor Gómez, Enrique Gómez, Rafael Grandal
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The ENsa UNiversal ENUN 52B is a dual purpose metal cask developed by Ensa for dry storage and transportation of up to 52 BWR spent fuel…
Denial of Shipment of Radioactive Materials
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul Gray
Abstract:
The International Source Suppliers and Producers Association (ISSPA) comprise most of the world’s major manufacturers of sealed sources. In…
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY EFFORTS IN PREPARING AND IMPROVING FIRST RESPONSE CAPABILITIES AND PERFORMANCE IN THE EVENT OF A RADIOLOGICAL TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ella B. McNeil, Thomas Clawson, Kenneth Keaton, Mark Linsley
Abstract:
It is estimated there are three million radioactive material shipments made in the United States annually. The Department of Energy (DOE)…
Dependence of Fire Time of Concern on Package Location for a 1 PWR Transport Package
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ketan Mittal Research Assistant, Miles Greiner, Ph.D., Ahti Suo-Anttila, Ph.D.
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The fire time of concern for a component within a spent nuclear fuel (SNF) transport package is the time after fire ignition when that…
Deployment of the Bulk Tritium Shipping Package
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul S Blanton, K. R. Eberl
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A new Bulk Tritium Shipping Package (BTSP) was designed by the Savannah River National Laboratory to be a replacement for a package that…
DESCRIPTION OF TYPE C TUK-145/C PACKAGE DESIGN. CERTIFICATION IN RUSSIA
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S.V Komarov, A. Ivashkin, O. Savina, A. Chernyshov, V. Shapovalov, A. Morenko, O. Alekseyev, L. Barabenkova, O. Amelicheva, D. Derganov
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The paper describes the history of development and the peculiarities of design and certification of the world’s first Type C package for…
Design Approaches for Transportation of High Burnup Used Fuel
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Shih
Abstract:
The approaches for handling high burnup used (HBU) fuels in the USA are, for the most part; at the reactor site (wet storage) and/or dry…
DESIGN LOADING FACTORS IN ROAD TRANSPORT OF VERY HEAVY PACKAGES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Tim Gleed-Owen
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The vast majority of shipments of radioactive material in Europe are small in bulk and mass, representing medical isotopes, laboratory…
DESIGN METHODOLOGY TO ENSURE SIMILARITY BETWEEN SCALE MODEL AND PACKAGE MODEL: APPLICATION TO TN®843
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Joel BAUDOUIN, Stéphane Brut, Hervé RIPERT
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The transportation of radioactive material requires a very high standard of safety of the packaging model imposed by international…
Design of Fillet and Partial Penetration Groove Welds using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Lisle B. Hagler, Ed Russell
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The recommended welding criteria for radioactive material transportation packages for Type B contents are found NUREG/CR-3019 (ref 1).…
Determination of leak integrity and behaviour of 'standard' 205 litre UN drum lids when subject to differential pressures
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G Holden
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Work was conducted in late 2012 by Onet Technologies UK on behalf of a UK client to determine how the 'standard' 205 litre UN drum used for…
DETERMINING DEGRADATION OF FIBERBOARD IN THE 9975 SHIPPING PACKAGE BY MEASURING AXIAL GAP
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):E. R. Hackney, W.L. Dougherty, K. A. Dunn, T. M. Stefek
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Currently, thousands of model 9975 transportation packages are in use by the US Department of Energy (DOE); the design of which has been…
DEVELOPING THE HISTORICAL TECHNICAL BASIS FOR THE MATERIAL AND PACKAGE CLASSIFICATION AND THE PACKAGE TEST REQUIREMENTS OF THE | INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY REGULATIONS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald Pope, Christopher Bajwa, Pierre MALESYS, Yonkang Zhao
Abstract:
In a companion PATRAM 2013 paper, C. Bajwa, et. al. provides an overview of internationallevel efforts that began in 2010 to develop a…
DEVELOPING THE HISTORICAL TECHNICAL BASIS FOR THE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY REGULATIONS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Bajwa, Ronald Pope, Luc Baekelandt, Yonkang Zhao, Dennis Mennerdahl
Abstract:
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is responsible for developing safety requirements for the transport of radioactive material.…
DEVELOPMENT OF A FINITE ELEMENT MODEL FOR DAMPING CONCRETE UNDER SEVERE IMPACT LOADS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Linan Qiao, Uwe Zencker, Eva-Maria Kasparek, Robert Scheidemann
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Finite element analysis (FEA) has been carried out for investigation of damping concrete under different impact loading conditions with a…
DEVELOPMENT OF A LARGE WASTE TRANSPORT CONTAINER (LWTC) FOR DISPOSAL OF LEGACY ILW TO A GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL FACILITY IN THE UK
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I.A. Grainey, A.D. Cummings, N.A. Carr
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As a subsidiary of the UK’s NDA, INS supports RWMD’s (Radioactive Waste Management Directorate) strategic objectives by reviewing technical…
DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW UNIFIED TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR SHIPMENT OF PWR REACTOR FRESH FUEL ASSEMBLIES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):L.V. Barabenkova, E.I. Latypov, V.Z. Matveev, A.T. Mishustin, A.I. Morenko, M.I. Sumin, V.I. Shapovalov, Yu.V. Goncharov, A.A. Enin, V.V. Shchuchkin, A.B. Dolgov
Abstract:
The paper describes a transport packaging (TUK TK-C69) designed for transportation of fresh fuel assemblies from PWR reactor (fuel…
Development of a Packaging to Transport the new Standardised range of Disposal Canisters to a Geological Disposal Facility in the UK
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter C. Purcell, Neil Carr
Abstract:
The UK’s Radioactive Waste Management Directorate (RWMD) of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is developing concepts to…