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Author(s):Thomas Breuer, Stefano Ricchetti, Stefan Offermanns
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It is a common practice to use polyurethane foam in packages for radioactive material due to its good mechanical properties acting as shock…
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A management system based on international, national or other standards acceptable to the competent authority shall be established and…
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Author(s):Fabien LABERGRI, Mathias CHAZOT, Ludovic CARETTE, Thierry MIQUEL
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As part of the maintenance of its French NPPs (Nuclear Power Plants), EDF/UTO (Operational Technical Unit of Electricité De France)…
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Author(s):Naoteru Odano, Jun Yamaguchi, Masami Hanate
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Radiation safety for sea transport of radioactive material in Japan has been discussed based on records of the exposed dose of sea…
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Author(s):T D Kelly
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RADSAFE became operational on 1st August 1999 as a single radioactive material transport emergency response scheme for the British nuclear…
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Author(s):Yann Donjoux
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At CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research), physicists and engineers are researching the fundamental structure of the…
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Author(s):M. R. Feldman, S. B. Ludwig, O. A. Martinez
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was a pioneer in the testing of radioactive material shipping packages and has been performing such…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Neumann, Frank Wille, Konrad Linnemann, Sven Schubert, Viktor Ballheimer, Jens Sterthaus, Bernhard Droste
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TN®24 E, a new package design, was developed and applied for by Areva TN for German transport approval certificate. The certificate was…
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Author(s):David Rowe
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Within Great Britain, there are several hundred organisations whose business involves the transport of radioactive material. These include…
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Author(s):Veronica Wilson
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulations and NRC staff review guidance for Type B radioactive material transportation package…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Gregory O’Connor
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Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) has been safely transported across the world in 30B cylinders for many decades; however past history, although a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kerry A. Dunn, J. Steve Bellamy, Greg Chandler, Natraj C. Iyer, Rich E. Koenig, Dan R. Leduc, E. R. Hackney, J. W. McClard
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U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Global Threat Reduction (GTRI) recently removed…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Komarov, S. Kashkirov, Nguyen Nhi Dien, Stanley D. Moses
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In 1963, the U.S. General Atomics constructed the TRIGA Mark II research reactor in Dalat Nuclear Research Institute. In 1983, the reactor…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Komarov, A. Ivashchenko, A. Samsonov
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The removal of SNF from RA reactor site (PC NFS, Serbia) is the most time-consuming and technically complicated operation under RRRFR…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):O.G. Alekseev, A.K. Chernyshev, V.I. Shapovalov, O.L. Amelicheva, A.I. Morenko
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The paper describes the results of the designed analysis of TUK-145/C state after the package impact onto a target that is a “soft” ground…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J-A. Wang, H. Wang, B. B. Bevard, R. L. Howard
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Transportation packages for spent nuclear fuel (SNF) must meet safety requirements under normal and accident conditions as specified by…
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Author(s):Ingo Reiche, Helge Kröger
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With the increasing amount of spent fuel assemblies with high initial 235U enrichment stored at nuclear facilities the need to account for…
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Author(s):Makoto Hirose, Masakiyo Hishida
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After the nuclear accidents in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, the IAEA Director General requested in July 2011 that the…
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Author(s):D. Windley
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The Transport Container Standardisation Committee (TCSC) is a UK nuclear industry group whose main function is to examine the requirements…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Faille
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The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is currently in the process of revising its Packaging and Transport of Nuclear Substances…