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GEC Energy Systems Limited were commissioned by CEGB to undertake the design and development of a new AGR Irradiated Fuel Transport Flask.…
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Transport of Plutonium arising from reprocessing plants and the transport of fresh fuel, mixed plutonium and uranium oxide (MOX) and fast…
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An entry control system (ECS) allows the movement of authorized personnel and material through normal routes while detecting and delaying…
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The Centre de I'Aube low-level waste (LLW) disposal facility in Champagne is a new facility currently under construction and expected to be…
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In international discussions on safeguards, increased importance is being attached to the design verification of nuclear facilities. The…
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Type B packagings for transporting radioactive materials are required to survive exposures to environments in accordance with provisions of…
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In current practice, Type B packagings are generally provided with protective covers or impact limiters designed to protect the cask body…
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been developing assessment models to systematically evaluate the performance of…
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Over the past several years, concerns have been expressed regarding the existing method of preparing and implementing the International…
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has been authorized under the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA), and its 1987 amendment to develcp a…
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Calorimetry is an important technique for use in the nondestructive measurement and assay of plutonium bearing materials. The technique has…
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A Personnel and Material Tracking System ( P M T S ) d e m o n s t r a t e d at Argonne National Laboratories-West (ANL-W) in 1987 has…
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Ontario Hydro generates more than 67 million MWe-h/year from its 16 nuclear reactors. These reactors are all of the CANDU type and make use…
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Dynamic analyses of radioactive material packagings require accurate three-dimensional models of impact and puncture events. PRONTO 30, a…
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Japan gives a good deal of encouragement to development of a fast breeder reactor (which is considered as the most likely candidate for…
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High waste storage and disposal costs prevailing in Europe are an incentive to decontaminate thoroughly redundant components for metal…
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In 1981, a national Agency in charge of the management of radioactive waste am fissile materials called NIRAS/ ONDRAF has been established…
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The Department of Energy Central Training Academy has developed a model program, Tactical Assessment Deployment and Decision Making, (TADD…
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It is very important to use plutonium for light water reactor (LWR) fuels from the standpoint of one of the effective use of recovered…
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Rigid, closed-cell, polyurethane foam is used in impact limiters in nuclear waste transport containers. During a hypothetical nuclear waste…