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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:Yes - it is important! First it was quality assurance, then total quality, and now the term is safety culture. Whatever you call it, a…
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Abstract:« Safety culture » is a wording that appeared first in 1986, during the evaluation of what happened during the Tchemobyl accident. Safety…
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Abstract:The SAFKEG family of packages were developed specifically to replace existing fissile material packages designs which are based on 30 year…
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Abstract:The Programme for Development of Safeguards for the Final Disposal of Spent Fuel in Geologic Repositories (SAGOR) has been completed except…
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Abstract:Transnucleaire carries out transports of nuclear materials at each stage of the fuel cycle: • from mine to reactor: yellow cake, U30 8,…
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Abstract:At the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio, USA, excess inventory of highly-enriched uranium (HEU) from U.S. defense…
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Abstract:The SeaRAM Program conducted for the US Department of Energy by Sandia National Laboratories has developed estimates of • the frequencies…
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Abstract:The transport of radioactive materials by sea is estimated to 255 shipments on average each year in France. To these movements may be…
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Abstract:Till about 4 years ago, transports of Security Category I from or towards the United Kingdom (U.K.) were usually carried out as the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:As part of the on-going DOE/Russian MPC&A at the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) and in order to provide a basis for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Russian Special Scientific and Production State Enterprise Eleron have teamed to lead a project…
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Abstract:The IAEA transport regulations (lAEA SS6 1990) require radioactive materials to be segregated sufficiently from workers, members of the…
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Abstract:A new ship for the transport of spent nuclear fuels which uses serpentine concrete as its major shielding material has been constructed.…
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Abstract:Approximately 2,100 metric tons of unprocessed, irradiated nuclear fuel elements are stored in the two K Basins at the U.S. Department of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The International Atomic Agency (IAEA) information circular The Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (INFCIRC/225/Rev.3) states that,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The active-passive shuffler installed and certified a few years ago in Los Alamos National Laboratory’s plutonium facility has now been…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) entered into force in April 1997. Inspections began at declared U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)…
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Abstract:The international safeguards regime is currently undergoing a dramatic change with the development of a new Strengthened Safeguards System…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:To ensure the safe and reliable transportation of radioactive materials and components, from both the front and back-end of the nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The long term management of spent nuclear fuel is not yet clearly defined in several major “nuclear” countries. As a consequence, national…