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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.H. Dean, M.R. Lingard
Abstract:It is planned that vitrified residues (high level waste, (HLW)) from fuel reprocessing operations in Europe will be transported in purpose-…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G.C. Mok, R.W. Carlson, S.C. Lu, L.E. Fischer
Abstract:International and U.S regulations require that a package used for transporting radioactive materials maintain containment, shielding and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Miyazawa, K. Tsuboi, K. Akashi, M. Sato, T. Koganezawa, T. Niiho, K. Asada, H. Kanazawa, M. Ohashi
Abstract:The 1985 edition of the IAEA regulations(IAEA 1985) for the safe transport of radioactive material has invalidated the previously approved…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T.R. Bump, R.D. Carlson
Abstract:This activity was prompted by the concurrent arrival of two items at our Department of Energy Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (DOE…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):B. Gogolin, B. Droste, T. Quercetti
Abstract:A fullscale prototype cask for shipping, interim storage and final disposal of spent fuel in a German repository, named POLLUX, designed…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. Lambert, L. Stewart, G. V. Guerra, D. Dawson
Abstract:EPRI has had a continuing interest in developing a fuel transfer capability with the initial interest targeted at improved storage…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John G, Darab, Hong Li
Abstract:Solubility of minor components (Cl, F, P2O5, SO3, and Cr2O3) in low-level waste (LLW) glasses were determined. The dependency of solubility…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Berry Crain Jr.
Abstract:Training has become an important part of facility operation in the Department of Energy (DOE) complex. Ongoing changes in DOE requirements…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. J. Nigrey, T. G. Dickens
Abstract:The purpose of hazardous and radioactive materials packaging is to enable these materials to be transported without posing a threat to the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T.R. Ward, S.C. Kouba, O.R. Spooner
Abstract:When the Department of Energy (DOE) developed the initial transportation program for the transport oftransuranic (TRU) waste to the Waste…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):E.F.M. Steinebach
Abstract:Transportation of all goods contains the risk of an accident. Dangerous goods --like UF 6 cylinders-- are in principle not excepted from…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jeanne D. Anderer
Abstract:The transition to a strengthened international safeguards system is generating new skill demands and associated training requirements for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.L. Lowe, Janet Steele Ahrens, J.R. Rodriguez
Abstract:Laboratory evaluations provide system engineers basic design information. Laboratory generated data is useful for initial comparisons of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.F. Hoel, L. Harmon
Abstract:This paper summarizes the analysis of potential environmental impacts from managing the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Spent Nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. Kuhn
Abstract:From September 1993 to March 1995 the IAEA has undertaken a series of sample collections as part of Task 3 of Programme 93+2 (environmental…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Cuypers, P. Frigola, S. Guardini
Abstract:The Russian Federation has recently decided to transform and reinforce its State System of Accountancy and Control (SSAC) of nuclear…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. A. Koski, J. K. Cole, G.F. Hohnstreiter, S.D. Wix
Abstract:Fire environments that occur on cargo ships differ significantly from the fire environments found in land transport. Cargo ships typically…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Ai, I. Kadokura, K. Fujimaki, T.L. Burr, E. A. Hakkila, C. A. Coulter
Abstract:The Safeguards Systems Group's generic simulation program FacSim was used to model the operation of the proposed Rokkasho Reprocessing…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. Yamashita, H. Kakunai, M. Nagao, H. Uchida
Abstract:Among the properties, such as thermal, containment, shielding, and criticality properties, which are required for spent-fuel casks for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):V.L. Shah
Abstract:Knowledge of package maximum temperatures during normal transport and hypothetical accident thermal test conditions is required to ensure…