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Author(s):Sophie Le Mao, Marianne Moutarde, MT. Lizot, G. Sert
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Since 1996, IRSN, the technical support of the French Competent Authority for the safety of transports of radioactive materials, has…
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Author(s):Justin M. Griffin, Jim Shuler
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This paper discusses challenges faced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Off-Site Source Recovery Project in its mission to recover U.S.-…
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Author(s):Haruyuki Ogino, Takatoshi Hattori
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The present regulation on surface contamination [Bq/cm 2 ] is determined from a simple radiological model for the most hazardous…
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Author(s):NULL NULL
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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is planning to transport uranium and plutonium mixed oxide (MOX) powder for the prototype fast…
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Author(s):Frédéric PATALAGOÏTY, Camille OTTON
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More than 40 years ago, the Business Unit Logistics (BU-L) of AREVA began designing casks for the transport of nuclear material and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul T. Mann, James B. Tollison
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The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) made a decision to relocate the criticality experiment capabilities residing at the Los Alamos…
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Author(s):J. Dumesnil, François-Cyrille Hugon, Sébastien CLAVERIE-FORGUES, P. Malvache, S. Pichon, P. Valbuena, P. Grisolano
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Looking for the renewal of the Cask Fleet for CEA for R&D applications and Reactors needs, CEA and TN International have jointly…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Liu Yung, Steve Bellamy, Jim Shuler
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The objective of life cycle management of radioactive materials packaging is to ensure the safety functions (i.e., containment of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Anton Erhard, Holger Völzke, Volker Noack, Wolfgang Weber, Dietmar Wolff, Dieter Rittscher, Holger Schmidt
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At the world economic summit in Kananaskis, Canada, in June 2002, the G8 heads of state decided on a global partnership against the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dai Yokoe, Hiroaki Taniuchi, Hiroshi Akamatsu, Jun Shimojo, Pascal ABADIE
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Transnuclear, Ltd. designs transport and storage casks for the Asian market, using technological resources of neutron shielding materials…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chih-Tien Liu, Ching-Tsuen Huang
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One of the high-priority issues for sustaining the operation of nuclear power stations (NPS) is how to manage and store the spent nuclear…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Daniel LACROIX, Steven WHITE
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For the Logistics Business Unit (BU-L), a high safety level for transportation logistics and storage casks is always an absolute priority.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Sarah Fourgeaud, Jean Desquines, Marie-Thérèse LIZOT, Marc Petit, Christophe GETREY
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A synthesis on the mechanical characteristics of unirradiated and irradiated fuel rod claddings was performed by IRSN in order to have…
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Author(s):Peter C. Purcell
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Packages transporting Light Water Reactor (LWR) fuel in the public domain must comply with IAEA Transport Regulations, which state safety…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Alastair A. Brown
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Transporting fresh MOX fuel and other category 1 cargoes from the United Kingdom to Continental Europe presents some significant…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Greg Morandin, Siavash Khajehpour, Eric Freeman
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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has designed a new Type B(U) Multi-Purpose Transportation Package (MPTP) that will be capable of…
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Author(s):Pierre Malesys
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Packages for the transport of radioactive material have to comply with national and / or international regulations. These regulations are…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas J. Criddle, Charles J. Temus
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A multipurpose fresh fuel package was developed to handle both transportation requirements as well as plant storage requirements. The…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Venkata V.R. Venigalla, Miles Greiner
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Light water reactor nuclear fuel assemblies consist primarily of fuel rods held in square arrays by periodic spacer plates. The rods…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H. Takatsuki, A. Terada, Kensaku Aoki, Tadashi Sasao, Hiroaki Yokota, Hirofumi Doi, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Tsuji
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The Nuclear Fuel Transport Co., Ltd. (NFT) has been safely transporting radioactive materials by 3 exclusive ships for LLW and SF transport…