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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Chalon, M. Héritier, B. Duret
Abstract:The purpose of this study is to improve the knowledge of the behaviour of type B packages used for the transportation of radioactive…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. Turula
Abstract:The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has added a new division to the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Yasushi Nomura, M. C. Brady, J.B. Briggs, E. Sartori
Abstract:New issues in criticality safety continue to emerge as spent fuel storage facilities reach the saturation point, fuel enrichments and bum-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Mitterrand, A. Lebrun, Gilles Bignan, Herve Recroix
Abstract:A modern large scale reprocessing plan can today reprocess 800 tons of spent fuel per year. Since 7 to 8 tons of plutonium result from the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph D. Rivers, Wayne Stephenson
Abstract:The Treaty on Open Skies has not yet entered into force, but several countries have actually flown Open Skies missions over the United…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T.E. Valentine, J.T. Mihalczo, S.S. Hughes, J.K. Mattingly, M. S. Wyatt
Abstract:Nuclear weapons identification system (NWIS) signatures are in use for verification of nuclear weapons components in storage at the Oak…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Hartenstein, S. Andreosso
Abstract:At any time during operation, transport flasks for radioactive material must remain as safe as they were designed to be. Beyond safety, the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Wolfgang Sowa, Helmut Kühl, Roland Hüggenberg
Abstract:For package approval the IAEA regulations require a detailed description of the proposed radioactive contents with reference to their…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):André-Claude Lacoste
Abstract:Since June 12, 1997, the ministries in charge of industry and the environment are empowered to \"draft and implement the nuclear safety…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andrew J. Bieniawski, Sean M. Tyson
Abstract:Under the Highly-Enriched Uranium (HEU) Purchase Agreement , the United States is purchasing 500 metric tons of HEU from dismantled Russian…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H.Y. Kang, J.O. Kim, Y.G. Lee, H.R. Cha, H. D. Kim, J.S. Hong
Abstract:1be multipurpose RM -1 package has been developed to transport spent fuel rod-cuts and to measure the fissile contents and radioactive…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Elizabeth Darrough, Ph.D., L. Ewing, N. Ravenscroft
Abstract:In January 1998 the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) and Techsnabexport Co .. Ltd. (TENEX) of Russia celebrated the fourth…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. Rasmussen, A. Kee, D. Dawson, G. V. Guerra
Abstract:This paper describes the design of the cask/transportation system and the influence of the existing facilities in the development of that…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Dambis, I. Grûbe
Abstract:After Latvia has used the opportunity to get back its independence the investigations for the former military industrial complex of the big…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carl W. Hoth
Abstract:In response to the Nuclear Facilities Safety Defense Board Recommendation 94-1, the Department of Energy (DOE) developed implementation…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Theodore Sherr, Charles W. Emeigh, Michael S. Warren
Abstract:Since 1994, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has been working cooperatively to support the strengthening of nuclear material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yuri Volodin, B Bianchilli, B. Krouptchatnikov
Abstract:The United States and Russia are cooperating to enhance nuclear materials production, control and accounting in Russia. As part of this…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James Sprinkle, Dave Bracken, James K. Sprinkle, T. McKown, J. Kuropatwinski, M. Kartoshov
Abstract:primarily of weight and uranium enrichment measurements. Most LEU processing facilities draw separate materials balances for each…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David S. Bracken, R. Biddle, C. Rudy
Abstract:The performance characteristics of a commercially available heat-flow calorimeter will be presented. The heat-flow sensors within the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephanie A. Jones, Matthew R. Newell
Abstract:BNFL Instruments Inc., formerly Pajarito Scientific Corp., has successfully performed WIPP certifiable mobile non-destructive assay (NDA)…