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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chris Fry, Bob Vaughan
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The SAFESHIELD 2999A is a general purpose container, designed by Croft Associates, for transporting small volumes of radioactive materials…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew R. Feldman
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In the United States, the requirements for the Hypothetical Accident Conditions (HAC) Thermal Test are presented in 10 CFR 71.73 (c)(4) and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Günter Wieser, Linan Qiao, Arno Eberle, Holger Völzke
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The analysis of complex bolted cask lid structures under mechanical or thermal accident conditions is important for the evaluation of cask…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):John Read, Sarah Owen, Chi-Fung Tso
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This paper summarizes the authors’ findings, during carrying out many package tie-down assessments, regarding the approach to the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hervé Issard, Régis ANDRE
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Three main types of elastomers are used for the sealing of radioactive material transport casks with elastomeric gaskets : EPDM,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jon Jenkins, Tony Gaffka, Steve Withers
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AEA Technology uses the Transactive-20 container to transport large quantities of intermediate level waste (ILW). The container was…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marsha Keister
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Implementing adequate institutional programs and validating preparedness for emergency response to radioactive materials transportation…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Henry-Jacques NEAU, M. Hartenstein
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Today, public opinion, local actors, organizations and associations are expecting a transparent information on nuclear activities. The fact…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. Brennecke, Ch. Fasten, F. Nitsche
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The safe transport of spent fuel from nuclear power plants in Germany is ensured by compliance with the dangerous goods transport…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kenichi Hakozak, Ryutaro Wada
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Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KSL) and Transnuclear Tokyo (TNT) have jointly developed a new waste management system concept (called “Inner packaging…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ichiro NOMURA, I. NOMURA, Tohru FUJIWARA, Philippe NAIGEON
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Since the Tokai criticality accident in 1999, there has been no specialized manufacturer conducting uranium re-conversion in Japan. For…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Werner Sigmund, Ernst Kölpin
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Nuclear generation has become over the last 4 decades a vital part of Germany's energetic fundament and is contributing to roughly one…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Pascal Chollet, Anne Presta
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At the entrance of the nuclear fuel cycle, the front-end material transportation takes a major and specific place. After years of stability…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ben G. Dekker
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The IAEA Regulations TS-R-1 (ST-1, Revised) 1996 Edition include requirements for packages containing uranium hexafluoride (UF6); these are…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ernst-Joachim Martin, Judy Wickens
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The Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center, T.I.C., is glad to take this opportunity to speak at PATRAM 2004 and to explain the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jinying Li
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This article includes two parts 1. The transportation of intermediate-level radioactive liquid waste • Introduction of the operation of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Richard R. Rawl, Richard W. Leggett, Keith F. Eckerman, John R Cook
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The IAEA’s system for exemption of material from the transport regulations is based on the fundamental principle that exemption values…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ram Srinivasan, Steven E. Sisley, James E. Hopf
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The VSC-24 Ventilated Storage Cask System is a canister-based dry cask storage system that is designed and licensed to provide safe storage…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Arthur Greenberg, Dr. Thomas I. McSweeney, John Allen, Mark Lepofsky, Mark Abkowitz
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Recent terrorist events, most notably September 11, 2001, have taught us that transportation risk management must be performed with a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bernhard Kühne, Helmut Kühl
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In 1983 the world-wide first dual purpose transport and storage cask - a CASTOR® Ic-DIORIT - was loaded in Würenlingen/ Switzerland.…