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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul McConnell, Ken Sorenson, Robert E. Nickell, Toshiari Saegusa
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The containment boundaries of most spent-fuel casks certified for use in the United States by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Pascal Goude, Jürgen WERLE, Badéa Martinott, La Milet
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International regulations require that a packaging for the transport of radioactive material has to withstand a 9-meter drop onto an…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Hans-Peter Winkler, Peter Trubitz, Gerhard Pusch, Ernst Peter Warnke, Klaus Beute, Vojtech Novotny
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For the use of cast iron with spherical graphite for heavey-sectioned casks for transportaton and storage of radioactive materials a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Prof. Dr. Mohamed Salama
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Egypt has a unique problem - the Suez Canal. Radioactive cargo passing regularly through the canal carrying new and spent reactor fuel.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Edmund Morgan-Warren
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Response arrangements are required for the transport of radioactive materials, under both transport and health and safety legislation, to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. CHANSON, B. DESNOYERS, J.M. CHABANE
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In compliance with the IAEA regulations for the transport of radioactive material in the event of accidents during transport of radioactive…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Julian T Spencer, Nicholas A. Hodge, Mark Bankhead
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BNFL has developed and tested a new method for use in wet transport of irradiated fuel. The method uses a catalyst to recombine the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ashley Finch
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For more than 30 years, BNFL has been designing, building, operating and maintaining transport flasks for the purpose of transporting spent…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Tom D. Pearce
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The current practice for the recycling of end-of-life vessels is investigated and contrasted against what is perceived as acceptable under…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Terry C. Chivers, Alan F. George
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The lid seals on the flasks used to transport spent fuel from U.K. AGR and Magnox Power Stations are fluorocarbon elastomer 'O' rings.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ladislav Vargovcik
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Since 1988, the company ZTS VVU KOSICE has devoted a great part of its activities to the development of equipment for RAW handling,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jeffrey G. Arbital, Gerald A. Byington, Dean R. Tousley, Jeffrey G. Arbital
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is shipping bulk quantities of surplus fissile…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):O.G. Alekseev, V.Z. Matveev, R.I. Il’kaev, V.I. Shapovalov
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Report is devoted to numerical research of dual-purpose unified cask (used for SFA transportation and storage) resistance to terrorist…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, R. Hüggenberg
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Drop testing and analysis are the two methods for demonstrating the performance of packages in hypothetical drop accident scenarios. The…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Naoteru Odano, Seiki OHNISHI, Hidenori SAWAMURA, Yumiko TANAKA, Kazuya NISHIMURA
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A modified code system based on the point kernel method was developed to use in evaluation of shielding performance for maritime transport…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis Mennerdahl
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Many strange concepts, requirements and specifications related to criticality safety are present in the Regulations [1]. Some earlier…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Alan Zimmer, Junaid Razvi, Lou Johnson, Brandon Welch, Dale Lancaster
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General Atomics (GA) has developed the Model GA-4 Legal Weight Truck Spent Fuel Cask, a high capacity cask for the transport of four PWR…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. Yamashita, D. Toguri, M. KAWASAKI
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Certified Reference Materials (hereafter called as to CRMs), which are indispensable for Quality Assurance and Material Accountability in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H. Krinninger, Jochen SEIDEL, P. Jung
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On April 30, 1998 just a frew days before the PATRAM 1998 conference at Paris, the French Nuclear Installations Safety Directorate (DSIN…