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The MX6 and MX8 casks have been developed by TN International to transport fresh MOX fuel assemblies for either BWRs or PWRs. The MX6 is…
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In 2002, France requested the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to organise a mission to assess its organisation for the control of…
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Finite element models of spent fuel casks and canisters that are typically used in impact and impulse analyses may contain tens of…
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The transport of radioactive material in France concerns the nuclear fuel cycle, the research, the medical use and inspections in civil…
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The behavior of plutonium (Pu) oxides in the presence of water/moisture in a confined environment and the associated issues of hydrogen and…
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Testing was carried out in the UK in 1986 to demonstrate the ability of two Type B packages designed to pass the 9m drop test criteria in…
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Within the Nuclear Industry, a majority of actors are very sure of the reliability of their industrial, logistics process and organization…
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The most common assumption used in criticality safety analysis of spent nuclear fuel from power reactors is that spent fuel has the same…
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Transnuclear, Inc. (TN) has designed a dual purpose TN-40 Cask which is currently licensed as a storage cask for spent nuclear fuel under…
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BAM safety related research of containers for radioactive material focuses on advanced mechanical safety assessment methods for…
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TN International currently uses burn-up credit methodology for the design of casks dedicated to the transport of PWR uranium oxide spent…
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The 1996 Edition of the IAEA Regulations (TS-R-1), stipulates that a radiation protection program shall be implemented for the transport of…
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National Maritime Research Institute developed a supporting system for emergency response of competent authority to maritime transport…
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Transport Safety Regulations (TS-R-1) require packages filled with non-fissile and fissile…
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For each design of a package for the transport of spent nuclear fuel the criticality safety under routine, normal and accident conditions…
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Sellafield Limited provides a storage service to its customers for uranium products in the form of UO3; this service is not indefinite so…
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There has been discussion within industry for a number of years regarding standards for shipping uranium concentrates from producers (mine/…
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The International Working Group for Sabotage Concerns of Transport and Storage Casks, IWGSTSC, gathers multiple organizations from…
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Drop impact behaviors of the cask using rigid polyurethane foams (R-PUF) as shock absorbing material were investigated by experiments and…
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Casks for the transport and storage of heat generating radioactive waste in Germany are normally provided with screwed lid systems, which…