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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Maik Hennebach, Franz Hilbert
Abstract:The DN30 package was developed by DAHER NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES GmbH (DAHER NT) for the transport of enriched commercial grade and reprocessed…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Mathieu Milin, Dennis Mennerdahl, Bruno Desnoyers, Benjamin Ruprecht, Daiichiro Ito, Sam Darby, David Pstrak, Bingbing Song, Vladimir Ershov
Abstract:One of IAEA's missions is to establish model regulations for the safe transport of radioactive material by all modes. The transport…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Feldkamp, Thomas Quercetti, Frank Wille
Abstract:Packages for the transport of radioactive materials shall withstand severe accidents. Therefore, the IAEA regulations define different test…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Karsten Müller, Thomas Quercetti, Jörg-Peter Borch
Abstract:Fire testing is an essential part of the hypothetical, cumulative mechanical and thermal test conditions that shall guarantee package…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Wim Boeckx, Robby Vandendries, Xavier Van Mierloo, Amir Arsalan Hushyar Yazdian
Abstract:Research labs worldwide investigate radioactive materials that come from and go to nuclear power plants or research reactors. This can be…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kerry A. Dunn, Gregory T. Chandler, Dan R. Leduc, Steve Bellamy, Timothy J. Aucott, Dennis Vinson, Natraj C. Iyer, Ross Matzkin-Bridger, Sarah L. Dickerson, Hioki Kazumasa, Yamamura Tsukasa
Abstract:The pace of fuel cycle research with plutonium materials worldwide has decreased significantly over the last two decades and a number of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Nicolas Guibert, Michael Valenzano, Sandrine Toupiol, David Ohayon
Abstract:The United States have already announced around 20 reactor shutdown and many more in the next 10 year. Financial constraints on plant…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Uwe Zencker, Linan Qiao, Holger Völzke
Abstract:The safety evaluation of cask components made of ductile cast iron includes investigations to prevent brittle fracture. Generally, ductile…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Alan Carcreff, Benoit ECKERT, Bernard Monnot, Didier Hamoniaux, Chrystel Moniez-Perrin, Thierry Grunenwald, Thierry Delon, Michel Santini, Mickael Lemoine, Stéphane Nallet, Anne-Cécile Jouve, Marianna Moutarde
Abstract:In order to guarantee the good behavior of components important for safety in all conditions of transport, a specific attention should be…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Erik Kirstein, Christopher Kmiec
Abstract:The GE Model 2000 Radioactive Material Transport Package (GE2000) was developed at Vallecitos Nuclear Center and is designed to transport…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Lucas Vander Wal, Brian Craig, Kevin Byrne, Yung Liu, James Shuler
Abstract:A server-based geofence program has been developed for the ARG-US TRAVELER to enable establishment of a virtual geographic boundary for a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Rick Rawl, Ken Martin
Abstract:The US National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Radiological Safety has initiated the formation of a government and industry…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Miles Greiner, Yung Y. Liu, James M. Shuler
Abstract:In 2015, the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Mechanical Engineering Department began offering a 9-credit, regionally accredited Graduate…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Simone Flechsig, Nelson Catoja, Frank Peter, Ulla Röder-Roith
Abstract:This paper provides an overview of the actual surveillance requirements of the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, ENSI, relating to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Keith Waldrop, Don McGee, Dave Tomlinson
Abstract:The Department of Energy and the Electric Power Research Institute are conducting a large scale, long term, dry storage cask research and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Elena A. Kalinina, Douglas J Ammerman, Carissa Grey, Michael Arviso, Sylvia Saltzstein, Frank Wille, Thomas Quercetti, Alejandro Palacio, Ismael Fernandez Perez, Nicholas Klymyshyn, Steven Ross
Abstract:SNL in collaboration with PNNL, BAM (Germany), and ENSA (Spain) conducted two 30 cm drop tests of a 1/3 scale cask. The tests took place in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Melanie K. Snyder, WIEB High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee
Abstract:In the US, most of the existing or proposed radioactive waste storage and disposal sites are located in the West. Western states'…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Xavier Knemp, Bich Thuy Nguyen, Sophie Beauquier, Sarah Fourgeaud, Marianne Moutarde, Anne-Cécile Jouve, Jean-Paul Daubard
Abstract:The analysis of events related to the transport of radioactive materials shows that most of them are not only due to technical issues, but…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):David Ladsous, Michael C. Shannon, Ronald B. Pope, Christopher S. Bajwa
Abstract:Regulations governing the safe transport of radioactive material have been developed and maintained at the international and national…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen Whittingham
Abstract:The IAEA transport safety regulations (SSR-6) are adopted globally for the transport of radioactive material. The needs of Member States to…