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FUSRAP Experience Transporting LLW and lle(2) Waste Materials by Rail, Intermodal Container, and Truck
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P.W. McDaniel, G.J. Borden, M.R. James, J. Darby
Abstract:During the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's, many sites in the United States were used by the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) and the Atomic…
GA-4 Half-Scale Model Test*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. J. Meyer, Alan Zimmer, J.L. Pickering, M. A. Koploy
Abstract:General Atomics (GA), under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), • developed two legal-weight truck shipping casks with…
GAME THEORY AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR USE IN SECURITY REVIEWS OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL TRACKING AND ACCOUNTANCY SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. Le Manchec, F. Werkoff, P. Goutal, N. Preston, F. Roche
Abstract:Tracking and accountancy arrangements help guarantee the security of nuclear materials. Verifications consisting of comparisons between…
Gamma-Ray Imaging as a Tool for Uranium Processing Plants
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.P. Ziock, B.R. McGinnis, L. Madison
Abstract:Gamma-radiation is frequently used as an analysis and characterization signal to monitor material in the nuclear fuel processing cycle. The…
Generating Alternatives for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Systems
Type:JNMM
Volume:24
Issue:1
Author(s):Shoou-Yuh Chang, Muhammad Muquit
Abstract:The safe disposal of radioactive wastes is a complicated public sector problem. More stringent regulations and increasing public concerns…
Geospatial Analyses and System Architectures for the Next Generation of Radioactive Materials Risk Assessment and Routing·
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.H. Ganter
Abstract:The emergence of a post-industrial information society has a number of implications for those working on transportation risk assessment and…
GLASS DURABILITY EVALUATION USING MULTIPLE TEST METHODS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):X. Feng, M. J. Schweiger, C. N. Wilson, W. L. Eber
Abstract:The high content of Na2O in Hanford Site low-level tank wastes, averaging about 80 wt% on an oxide basis, necessitates the development of…
Hazardous Materials Regulations in Europe and Implementation of 1996 IAEA Recommendations
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Klaus Ridder
Abstract:Since the tum of the century, a flourishing exchange of goods has developed in Europe. Probably the first dangerous good to be transported…
Hazardous Materials Transportation Expert System (HaMTES)
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. D. Michelhaugh, R.B. Pope, J.J. Ferrada, R. R. Rawl
Abstract:Under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Transportation Management Division (TMD), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL…
Headspace Gas Analysis and Venting for TRU Waste Drums
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.L. Warren, M.E. Brennan
Abstract:Transuranic (TRU) wastes generated in U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) operations have, since the early 1970's, been packaged to a large…
HEU AGE DETERMINATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.R. Moorthy, W. Y. Kato
Abstract:A technique has been developed to determine the Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Age which is defined as the time since the last chemical…
Hydrogen Gas Control Inside Anaerobic Transport Packaging
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.L. Riley, J.R. Schicker, H.M. Smith
Abstract:Former defense production and waste processing has produced approximately 353,000 m3 of complex radioactive waste. The majority of this…
IAEA ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FIELD TRIALS WORKSHOP
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. H. Ross, J. N. Cooley, W. L. Belew
Abstract:Recent safeguards inspections in Iraq and elsewhere by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have led to the supposition that…
IAEA SAFEGUARDS: PERCEPTIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Carlson, John Hill, John Bardsiey
Abstract:There is a clear need for a verification system to provide assurance to the international community that States are complying with their…
ICPP RADIOLOGICAL AND TOXICOLOGICAL SABOTAGE ANALYSIS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V. R. Kubiak, F. G. Mortensen
Abstract:In June of 1993, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Notice 5630.3A, \"Protection of Departmental Facilities Against Radiological and…
IDEES: Spent-Fuel Dry Storage Facility
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.C. Béra, C.M. Bochard
Abstract:IDEES (Installation D'Entreposage d'Eiements combustibles a Sec) is a Dry Storage Facility designed for interim storage of LWR spent-fuel…
Impact Limiter Design for a Lightweight Tritium Hydride Vessel Transport Container*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. C. Harding, D.B. Longcope, M.K. Neilsen
Abstract:Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has designed an impact-limiting system for a small, lightweight radioactive material shipping container…
Impact Limiter Tests of Four Commonly Used Materials and Establishment of an Impact Limiter Data Base·
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W. McMurtry, G.F. Hohnstreiter
Abstract:In designing a package for transporting hazardous or radioactive materials, there are a number of components whose design can lead to the…
Impact of New IMDG Regulations on the Transport of Irradiated MTR and Experimental Fuel
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Y. Brachet, D. Raisonnier
Abstract:In 1994. the International Maritime Organization Assembly adopted, in its ?eighteenth session, by resolution A 748, the Code for the Safe…
Impact Test Qualification of 500-Litre Drums for Long-Term Storage
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. Lawrence, A. Sparkes, M. Constable, J. Williams
Abstract:This paper describes the results of impact-testing two types of 500-1 drums containing different forms of simulated solid intermediate-…