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Packages for the transport of radioactive material are required to comply with national and / or international regulations. These…
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The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is the responsible German authority for the assessment of mechanical and…
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) uses Regulatory Guide 7.9, “Standard Format and Content of Part 71 Applications for Approval…
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BNFL International Transport have successfully developed appropriate Radiation Protection Programmes for their business. The business…
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The mission of Nirex is to provide the UK with safe, environmentally sound and publicly acceptable options for the long-term management of…
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The Swiss Nuclear Utilities have started in 2001 to store spent fuel in dry metallic dual-purpose casks in ZWILAG, the Swiss interim…
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Acceptance problems in the public concerning the transport of spent nuclear fuel elements and a new political objective of the Federal…
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The Container Analysis Fire Environment (CAFE) code contains a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based fire model that has been…
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For heavy transport or dual purpose casks, selecting the appropriate materials for the body is a key decision. To get a Type B(U) approval…
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Steady arising of spent fuel from nuclear power production, against the current backdrop of delays in disposal and limited reprocessing,…
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A SUCCESSFUL SOLUTION TO A LONG-TERM PROBLEM The CASTOR Ic-DIORIT transport and storage cask is the oldest cask under continuous normal…
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Within the German return programme for vitrified high level waste (HLW) from reprocessing at COGEMA and BNFL up to now 39 casks loaded with…
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Regulations governing the transport of radioactive materials require that most hypothetical accident condition tests or analyses consider…
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Packaging Technology, Inc. (PacTec) is designing the MFFP as part of the Duke, COGEMA, Stone and Webster (DCS) consortium. DCS is tasked…
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On July 23, 2002, the President of the United States signed into law a joint resolution of the United States Congress designating the Yucca…
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Cermets are being investigated as an advanced material of construction for casks that can be used for storage, transport, or disposal of…
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The terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 in New York and Washington (9/11) have increased government, public and media concern over…
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The DPP-2 is a Type B fissile material shipping package developed by the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 2002–03…
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The Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) as the competent authority for package design approval in Germany is using the SCALE code…
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Since 1979 experience is gained with the design, licensing, fabrication and application of transport- and storage casks made of ductile…