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It is indeed an honour for me to be here at the 2004 International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials (…
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In drop tests for demonstrating ability of a package to withstand normal and accident conditions of transport according to the IAEA…
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Transportation and storage casks subjected to extra-regulatory loadings may experience large stresses and strains in key structural…
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After getting the control of radioactive material transport in June 1997, the French safety Authority (ASN) decided to apply the INES scale…
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We provide a detailed overview of an ongoing, multinational test program that is developing aerosol data for some spent fuel sabotage…
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Spent fuels generated in nuclear power plants (NPPs) shall be stored until reprocessing as recyclable energy resources in Japan. The…
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International commerce of radioactive materials crosses national boundaries, linking separate regulatory institutions with a common purpose…
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The Japanese policy on spent fuel is reprocessing. Until, reprocessed, spent fuel shall be stored properly. This paper overviews current…
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This paper focuses on the regulatory and safety issues on nuclear materials transport which the Government of Japan (GOJ) faces and needs…
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Beginning in the mid-1990s, after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) adopted the…
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The excellent technical properties of silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon nitride (Si3N4) ceramics, such as resistance to extreme…
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Satisfying the thermal test requirements is a significant part of licensing a Type AF package. Regulations allow the thermal test…
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Shipment Overview Studsvik Nuclear AB (Studsvik) produces isotopes that are used for industrial radiography. Specifically, Studsvik…
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This paper describes the lessons learned from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) transportation of 125 DOE-owned commercial spent nuclear…
Licensing of LLW Final Storage Casks as Transport Casks of Type IP for Fissile Radioactive Materials
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In 1995 Siemens AG decided to stop the manufacture of fuel assemblies in Hanau and to decommission the Uranium and MOX plant. Since this…
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In accordance with recent changes of the atomic energy act and in order to secure reliable removal of spent fuel from the nuclear power…
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BNFL has a requirement to deliver new MOX fuel from the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP) to its customers in mainland Europe. To satisfy this…
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Utilities have recently been placing spent fuel into “dual-purpose” canisters, which can be stored on site in a concrete silo, and/or…
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The CONSTOR ADV is a transport and storage cask for spent fuel elements of the new generation. Its wall is a sandwich system composed of…
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The decommissioning of nuclear plants will in the future increase the amount of metal waste that has to be disposed of. Due to their…