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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul McConnell, Doug Ammerman, Ken Sorenson
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Tests were performed to directly measure loads on fuel rods in a fuel assembly subjected to conditions of normal truck transport. A PWR…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Holger Völzke, Dietmar Wolff, Ulrich Probst, Sven Nagelschmidt, Sebastian Schulz
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Dual purpose casks for the transportation and storage of spent nuclear fuel and other radioactive materials require very high leak-…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ahmad Al Khatibeh, Christopher Bajwa, Nancy Capadona
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Denial of shipment has been a concern since the first transport regulations were written; as evidenced in that the first document from the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen O'Connor
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As one of the largest shippers of Class 7 (radioactive) material in the world, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) must maintain vigilance…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jürgen Werle, Eric Bauzon
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The LR65 tank is used to transport uranyl nitrate between AREVAs’ La Hague and Tricastin plants in France. Periodic maintenance is carried…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bernahd Droste, Frank Wille
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For interim storage of spent fuel or HLW in many countries transport casks are used. The design of these “dual purpose casks” has to be…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):O.K. Chopra, D. Diercks, D. Ma, Z. Han, V.N. Shah, S.-W. Tam, R.R. Fabian, Y.Y. Liu
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There is currently no designated disposal site for used nuclear fuel in the United States, which raises the prospect of extended long-term…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Frank Boulton, Thierry MIQUEL, Michel Hartenstein
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The WNTI, through its membership, is dedicated to ensuring the safe, effective and reliable transport of Radioactive Material (RAM). To…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jeffery G. Arbital, Christopher Smith, Kenneth E. Sanders
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The MD-2 Shipping Container was designed, developed, and certified by the Y-12 National Security Complex. This container will support the U…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hirotaka Nojima, Mitsuo Matsumoto, Mitsuru Yata, Tsutomu Matsumoto, Hironori Mizobuchi
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Wet type casks such as NFT type transport casks are mainly used for the transportation of spent fuel in Japan. The hydrogen yield within…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Nicolas Baumet, Sabine Chaix
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Instrumented transport tests were performed with an empty radioactive material cask called CADM weighing 23 metric tons at the CEA Marcoule…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, David P. Molitoris, Michael Yaksh, Spencer Snow, Doug Ammerman, Gordon S. Bjorkman
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The ASME Special Working Group on Computational Modeling for Explicit Dynamics was founded in August 2008 for the purpose of creating a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):David P. Molitoris, Gordon S. Bjorkman, Chi-Fung Tso, Michael Yaksh
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The ASME Special Working Group on Computational Modeling for Explicit Dynamics was founded in August 2008 for the purpose of creating a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Konrad Linnemann, Viktor Ballheimer, Jens Sterthaus, Frank Wille
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The regulatory compliance of the containment system is of essential importance for the design assessment of Type B(U) transport packages.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jean-Yves Reculeau, Peter Colgan, Ann-Margreth Eriksson-Eklund, A.N. Nandakumar, Nikolay Kravchenko, Leanne Wilsson, Nick Ardern
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Technological measures to detect and respond to the illicit trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials are being developed.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Gaël Penessot, François Renard, Thierry Miquel
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According to the regulation of radioactive transport, the package classification depends upon the hazard of the radioactive contents. It is…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Holger Völzke, Robert Scheidemann, Eva-Maria Kasparek, Karsten Muller, Bernahd Droste
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Mechanical loading conditions of transport and storage casks for radioactive materials in accidental scenarios are highly affected by the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Uwe Zencker, Günter Wieser, Linan Qiao, Christian Protz
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The safety of transport packages may be demonstrated by numerical calculation of load scenarios defined in the IAEA regulations. Possible…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):David Huizenga
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It’s an honor to be here today with my distinguished colleagues to speak about something that’s been very important to my career frankly at…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Pil-Soo Hahn
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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is my great honor to address you today on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a proud…