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Author(s): G. Wieser, D. Aurich, H. Wüstenberg
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Papers have been presented in former PATRAM Symposia (e. g. Baatz et al 1980, Keese et al 1980, Droste et al1983, Anspach et al1986,…
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Author(s): Shigeru Sato
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Basic design of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant began in February, 1987. An application to the Authorities for designation of reprocessing…
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Author(s): E.D. Fedorovitch
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The paper describes the results of investigation aimed at finding thermal and struotural analysis methods a pplicable to transport and…
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Author(s): R. Diersch, G. Milde, S. Standke, M. Weiss, U. Linke, S. Butler
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Brennstoffinstitut Freiberg (Freiberg Fuel Research Institute) has developed a shipping cask with a capacity of 54 spent fuel assemblies…
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Author(s): Y. Kotani, T. Ohtake, M. Kubo, T. Kitamura, T. Mochiji, T. Shigeto
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The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) transports reprocessed uranium from the reprocessing plant to the…
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Author(s): Karen McGinnis, James M. Peterson
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has several programs related to transportation. While these programs may have differing missions and…
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Author(s): Bernard Lenail, B. Savornin, H.W. Curtis
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Transports associated with the nuclear fuel cycle nonnally use public means of transport by rail, road, sea and air and it might therefore…
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Author(s): J.L. Moya, R.U. Acton
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Contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) waste materials are nonradioactive items contaminated with alpha-emitting ttansuranium rad.ionuclides…
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Author(s): P.J. Holt, T.P.T. Soanes
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Irradiated fuel transport flasks arc designed to survive impact and fire accidents without significant leakage of contents. The impact…
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Author(s): J.E. Flaherty
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Every year, electric utilities generate more spent fuel for ultimate disposal by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Civilian…
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Author(s): J.A. Cañibano, C.E. Rodriguez, L.J. Puntarulo
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In January 12th, 1987, several drums containing yellow cake felt from about 6 meters during the loading operation of a Boeing 747 T-100…
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Author(s): Joseph A. Fernandez, Thomas E. Hinkebein
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Yucca Mountain is being characterized to determine its suitability for a high-level nuclear waste repository. The repository would be…
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Author(s): J.L. Moya, N. Brown
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Over the past several years, there have been ongoing discussions about the attempt to compare the thermal hypothetical accident environment…
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Author(s): J.L. Frazier
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1\\vo types of insulation are currently in use in overpacks utilized to protect UF6 during transport. Phenolic foam has been used in the…
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Author(s): T. E. Michener, M.A. McKinnon, D.R. Rector, J.M. Creer
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This paper presents the results of comparisons of COBRA-SFS (spent fuel storage)·temperature predictions with experimental data from the TN…
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Author(s): Klaus Becker
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About 30 years ago, both the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and its sister organization, the International…
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Author(s): R. Cagnon, B. Kirchner
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Storage of spent fuel from Light Water Reactors is an important aspect of strategies currently developed or implemented world-wide by…
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Author(s): David Skogmo
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To protect a security instrument such as a television camera from subversion by signal substitution, the data from the instrument are…
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Author(s): C.J.K. Colhoun
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In January 1968 I started to work in nuclear transports. At this time, the safety precautions for nuclear shipments were only based on the…
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Author(s): Kevin L. Driscoll, J.D. Hurley, H. Harmon, L.G. Ellis
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In a world of rising concern over radioactive materials shipments, the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) transportation management…