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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I.A. Wood, M. Blackbourn, D.K. Jones
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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.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A.B. Thomas, M. Carr
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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…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Stephen Williams, David W. Miller
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An entry control system (ECS) allows the movement of authorized personnel and material through normal routes while detecting and delaying…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cheryl A. Hutchison, Jean-Yves Ravachol
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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…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R Gerstler, R. Weh
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In international discussions on safeguards, increased importance is being attached to the design verification of nuclear facilities. The…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.M. Madsen, W.L. Uncapher
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Type B packagings for transporting radioactive materials are required to survive exposures to environments in accordance with provisions of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.J. Nolan, A.G. Eggers, P. Shih
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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…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Saleh, A. Sicherman
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been developing assessment models to systematically evaluate the performance of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. Khlebnikov, Robert J. Sorenson, Mark F. Mullen
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Over the past several years, concerns have been expressed regarding the existing method of preparing and implementing the International…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):William H. Lake
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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…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Metcalfe, J.A. Mason, B.W. Hooton, G.M. Wells
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Calorimetry is an important technique for use in the nondestructive measurement and assay of plutonium bearing materials. The technique has…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Paul Henslee, J. Anthony Roybal, Belinda Garcia, Gail Jackson
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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…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.D. Tulk, R.N. Sumar
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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…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):L.M. Taylor, D.P. Flanagan, S.W. Attaway, H.R. Yoshimura
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Dynamic analyses of radioactive material packagings require accurate three-dimensional models of impact and puncture events. PRONTO 30, a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. Ohtake, S. Takahashi, T. Mishima, J. Kurakami, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Ohuchi
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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…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Sappok, K. Pflugrad
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High waste storage and disposal costs prevailing in Europe are an incentive to decontaminate thoroughly redundant components for metal…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):L. Baekelandt, H. Libon, L. Dierckx, I. Lafontaine
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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…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Larry Glick, Bert Graves
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The Department of Energy Central Training Academy has developed a model program, Tactical Assessment Deployment and Decision Making, (TADD…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. Meguro, T. Ohtake
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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…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.K. Neilsen, H.S. Morgan, R.D. Krieg, H.R. Yoshimura
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Rigid, closed-cell, polyurethane foam is used in impact limiters in nuclear waste transport containers. During a hypothetical nuclear waste…