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Packages for the transport of radioactive material have to comply with national and / or international regulations. These regulations are…
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The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) initiated a research program in 1999 to study the response of spent nuclear fuel…
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The role of United Kingdom Nirex Limited is to provide the UK with safe, environmentally sound and publicly acceptable options for the long…
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A3 MCNP (Automatic Adjoint Accelerated MCNP) is a revised version of the MCNP Monte Carlo code, that automatically prepares variance…
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A preliminary design of a stainless steel vessel for the long-term storage of hydrogen isotopes has been proposed. The immobilized hydrogen…
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Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) have conducted an extensive emergency response…
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Once a spent fuel container is loaded with spent fuel it typically travels on-site to a processing building for permanent lid attachment.…
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Depleted uranium dioxide - steel cermet takes advantages of another materials used now in construction of protective containers for spent…
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The primary objective for the safety of radioactive materials transport is to protect human health and the environment taking into…
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The basic quality assurance requirements have to be completed by means that are oriented towards the quality of products; in COGEMA…
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In Germany, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM, Berlin) acts as the competent authority for the approval of…
Radiation effects on the mechanical properties and long term ageing of spent fuel storage containers
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The CEA is presently studying a spent fuel container which has to insure the insulation of the radio-nucleides and the retrieval of the…
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Cernavoda NPP is a five units (CANDU 600 MWe) power plant with one unit in operation. The underwater spent fuel storage facility was…
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Every year approximately 750.000 radioactive material packages (consumer goods excluded) are transported in Germany by all modes on land,…
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Radiation safety for sea transport of radioactive material in Japan has been discussed based on records of the exposed dose of sea…
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In order to demonstrate the features of Monte Carlo method, in comparison with the two-dimensional discrete ordinates Sn method, detailed…
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Over the last 25 years, one of the major issues raised regarding radioactive material transportation has been the risk of severe accidents…
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)’s history of testing of radioactive material packages dates back to the early 1960s, and includes the…
Regional, National and International Security Requirements for the Transport of Nuclear Cargo by Sea
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Since the beginning of the nuclear age in the 1940’s, the world has focused on the immense possibilities of nuclear power with both its…
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Canada is a major producer and shipper of radioactive material. Each year more than a million packages are transported in Canada. The…