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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Garry Owen, Simon Chan
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On 11 March 2011, Japan was struck by an earthquake measuring over 9.0 on the Richter magnitude scale, the strongest known to hit Japan and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Nancy Capadona, Christopher Bajwa, Jorge Lopez Vietri, Linda Hume, Jim Stewart
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The IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material have been developed over 50 years and provide a good basis for safe…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Gordon S. Bjorkman, Jr, Doug Ammerman, Spencer Snow, D. Keith Morton
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Nuclear material transportation and storage casks are designed to resist a number of hypothetical accident events. Hypothetical accidents…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Slade W. Klein, Gannon J Johnson
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The Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) being built near Aiken, South Carolina. This facility will be the major component in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Charles J. Temus, Scott Bear
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The American nuclear power industry is currently based on the use of uranium oxide fuel that is used in the reactors on a once-through fuel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):George C. Jobson
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The decommissioning of nuclear facilities such as power plants and enrichment facilities requires the transport and disposal of large…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Matt Fox
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As the world leader in the maritime transport of specialist nuclear cargos, International Nuclear Services (INS) is a true global player,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jane R. Beetem
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States and Tribes play an important role in planning, emergency preparedness, and emergency response related to shipments of radioactive…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Charles Kros, Dr Ruth Weiner
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The transportation safety case for transporting of radioactive material is a requirement for licensing in South Africa. The recent…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jie Li, Shih-Wing Tam, Yung Y. Liu
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The 9977 package is a certified Type B transportation packaging that was designed to transport radioactive materials with a decay heat load…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marko Nehrig, Martin Feldkamp, Claus Bletzer, Frank Wille
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In recent years several German approval procedures for ductile cast iron transport containers containing wet intermediate level waste were…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Akihiro Matsuda, Takahiro Isozaki
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The containment performance of transport packages which apply rubber O-rings as their containment barrier depends on the stress relaxation…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):William Brach
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I want to thank the organizers of Patram 2013 for inviting me to provide an overview of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s transport…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Yoshihiro Yoshihiro
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Thank you Mr. O’Connor, chairman of this plenary session. And good morning ladies and gentlemen. I can find many ladies, so many ladies,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marc HEROUART, Pierre Alexandre MONSIGNY
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The likelihood that an aircraft will crash on a storage cask containing used nuclear fuel is extremely small. However, some Regulators…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Christophe VALLENTIN, Jochen SEIDEL, Pierre CAVELIUS, Frank Gutermuth
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In response to the needs of the German utilities E.ON and EnBW, AREVA TN has designed and manufactured the TN® 24E cask offering a high…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Igor Gusev, Christopher Bajwa, Tony Colgan
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Despite of the fact that IAEA Transport Regulations do not apply to radionuclides in consumer products that have received regulatory…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bok Hyoung Lee, Jaesung Lee, Byoungsoo Kim
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Cyclotrons are usually operated to produce radioisotopes for medical researches and clinical diagnostic nuclear medicines in Korea. Until…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Masami KATO, Norikazu YAMADA, Masakiyo HISHIDA, Kunio MARUOKA, Tsutomu BABA
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The Tohoku District-off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake and the resulting tsunami generated a huge amount of disaster wastes on March 11, 2011…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jürgen Werle
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The transport of large objects are becoming of major interest for the nuclear fuel cycle industry and the utilities world-wide. Successful…