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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. William L. Wilkinson
Abstract:The design and performance standards for packages used for the transport of nuclear fuel cycle materials, are defined in the IAEA…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):François HARARI, Laurent BLACHET
Abstract:After more than 30 years of Spent Fuel Nuclear Fuel (SFN) and High Level Waste (HLW) casks shipments to and from the COGEMA reprocessing…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.J. Ammerman, M.E. Kipp, J.A. Smith
Abstract:Casks for the transportation of spent power reactor fuel can be exposed to explosive loadings from several causes. Exposure can come from…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.S. McWilliam
Abstract:BNFL International Transport’s operational experience includes shipping 6000te of spent fuel from Japan to Sellafield, through its…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Nitsche, R. Rödel
Abstract:The IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material, TS-R-1 [1] are applied in Germany through the implementation of the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Masanori Aritomi, Tomoyuki TAKEDA, Susumu OZAKI
Abstract:Considering the scarcity of energy resources in Japan, a nuclear energy policy pertaining to the spent fuel storage has been adopted. The…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Günter Wieser, Linan Qiao, Holger Völzke, Dietmar Wolff, Bernahd Droste
Abstract:The determination of the inherent safety of casks also under extreme impact conditions has been of increasing interest since the terrorist…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ann-Margret Ericcson, Clifford Järnry
Abstract:Since the event of September 11, 2001, the way most people look at transportation risk has changed. There is now a lot more focusing on the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dietmar Wolff, H. Völzke, U. Probst, Bernahd Droste, Roland Rödel
Abstract:Based on the German decision to minimise transports of spent fuel casks between nuclear power plants, reprocessing plants and central…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kenji Yamada, Kouji Watanabe, Yasushi Nomura, Hiroshi Okuno, Yoshinori Miyoshi
Abstract:It is expected in the near future that more and more fresh nuclear fuel will be transported in a variety of transport packages to cope with…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Natanael Bruno
Abstract:PowerPoint Presentation Major Initiatives Since 2001  International Conference on the Safety of Transport of Radioactive Material ? Action…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Pierre Legoux, Michael E. Wangler
Abstract:While the IAEA has provided specific guidance for physical protection in the transport of nuclear material, its previous publications have…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. MENNERDAHL, C. LAVARENNE, C. DEAN, N. BARTON, V. ROUYER, F. JEAN, C. LAVARENNE
Abstract:Since 1998, there have been some speculations about future transport of significant quantities and concentrations of other actinide…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Franz Hilbert, Makoto Morishima, Hiroki TAMAKI
Abstract:For the shielding analysis of transport and storage casks for spent fuel the use of computer codes is state of the art. However, in most…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ulrich Alter
Abstract:Delivery of spent fuel elements from nuclear power plants in Germany at the reprocessing facility of COGEMA in Cap de la Hague The first…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ulrich Alter
Abstract:Delivery of spent fuel elements from nuclear power plants in Germany at the reprocessing facility of COGEMA in Cap de la Hague The first…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ki-Seog Seo, Ju-Chan Lee, Kyung-Sik Bang, Hyon Soo Han, Sung Hwan Chung, Byung-Il Choi, Jong Hyun Ha
Abstract:The package design objectives for the drop condition are to maintain the integrity of the structural material by reducing the impact force…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Gilles MARCHAUD, Jürgen WERLE
Abstract:International regulations require that a container for the transport of nuclear material has to sustain a 1-meter drop onto a cylindrical…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Christel Fasten, Frank Nitsche
Abstract:The „Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material“ of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna were last issued…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Viktor Ballheimer, Bernhard Droste, Günter Wieser, Linan Qiao
Abstract:Continental railway transport regulations (RID) do not exclude the transportation of spent fuel casks in a regular train unit that also…