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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.M. Griesmeyer, P. C. Bennett, T. L. Sanders
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Sandia National Laboratories supports the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management in applying…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Ringler
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Development of the Advanced Small Site Program (ASSP) will satisfy the requirement for a small - to-medium-sized security system. This…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. L. Sanders, William H. Lake
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The traditional assumption used in evaluating criticality safety of a spent fuel cask is that the spent fuel is as reactive as when it was…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.D. McClure, Robert E. Luna
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The objective of this paper is to analyze the severity of aircraft accidents that may involve the air transport of radioactive materials (…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.D. McClure, Robert E. Luna
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On August 9, 1975, the U.S. Congress passed Public Law 94-79 which imposed a prohibition on the air transport of plutonium until the U.S.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):N.C. Finley, J.D. McClure, P.C. Reardon, M. Wangler
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The transportation of radioactive materjal (RAM) packages is a routine activity in the U.S. nuclear materials industry. Several different…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. Rainisch, A.L. Lengyel
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The March 1979 accident at Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) severely damaged the reactor 1 s fuel and resulted in approximately 130 metrie…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Aparo, G. Bardone, C. Vicini
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TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry) system was developed some years ago and since then it has been extensively used and tested to measure…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H. Jordan, V. Pasupathi, T. L. Sanders
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There are three sources of releasable radioactive material in a loaded, spent fuel transport cask: (1) the residual contamination activity…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. L. Sanders, Y.R. Rashid, P.R. Barrett, A.P. Malinauskas
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The radioactive source terms pertinent to spent fuel transport cask safety assessments are of three distinct origins; residual…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Hasegawa, T. Tanaka, T. Akiyama, H. Suzuki, Y. Yato, N. Sasao
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Experimental and analytical study was conducted a1mmg at a better understanding of thermal behavior of uranium hexafluoride in cylinders.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C.E. Cashwell, J.D. McClure
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The Radioactive Materials Incident Report (RMIR) Database is a compilation of transportation events that have occurred during the shipment…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. S. Johnson, R. L. Martinez
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New compact mechanical designs for the portable surveillance unit (PSU) will allow it to be used in a number of additional applications.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hiromasa Nakano, T. Ohtani, S. Takahashi, H. Kaneko, M. Seya
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Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) has constructed a new MOX fabrication facility,Plutonium Fuel Production…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. V. Weinstock, Leon Green
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An orientation program for U.S. citizens going to the IAEA in safeguards has been designed and is being implemented. Four major elements of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.A. AI-Ayat, T. D. Cousins, J. C. Matter
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This paper provides'an overview of ASSESS, a comprehensive approach for evaluating the effectiveness of facility safeguards against a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bruce W. Moran
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Summary results from a survey of nondestructive assay measurement methods applicable to the measurement of the special nuclear material…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. W. Cashwell, K. S. Neuhauser
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The Transportation Technology Center at Sandia National Laboratories has analyzed the impacts of transportation of research reactor spent…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. Osborne, M. A. Koploy, J.L. Pickering
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The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) of 1982 mandates that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) establish an integrated waste management…
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:1
Author(s):W.D. Shults
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Over the past forty years, analytical scientists within the DOE complex have had a tremendous impact on the field of analytical chemistry…