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IAEA Transport Regulations - What Has Changed in the Last Two Decades
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Makoto Hirose, Akiko Konnai, Nancy Capadona, Stephen Whittingham
Abstract:The IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials were first published in 1961, and since then revised roughly…
Impact Analyses of a New SAFKEG
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, David McLennan, Mark Johnson, Adam McConaghy
Abstract:A new Safkeg has been developed by Croft Associates Ltd for the shipment of materials between UK licensed sites. It has been designed to…
Impact Limiter Development and New Material Investigation for Spent Fuel Transport Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Raheel Haroon, Jianqing Xue
Abstract:10 CFR 71 regulations require that the containment boundary of a transport package is able to withstand a 30 ft (9 m) free drop onto a flat…
Implementation Of Burnup Credit Methodology On Orano Tn’S New Generation Transport Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marcel Tardy, Laurent Milet, Stavros Kitsos, Gabriele Grassi
Abstract:Implementation of burnup credit methodology on OranoTN’s new generation transport casksM. TARDY1, S. KITSOS1, L. MILET1G. GRASSI21Orano TN…
Implementing a Tracking and Intrusion Detection System for Transportation of Type B Packages: Implementation, Benefits, and Lessons Learned
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Schultze, Rebecca Coel-Roback, John Zarling, Temeka Taplin
Abstract:The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Radiological Security (ORS) has developed a tracking and detection system to…
Improved Models for Foam Degradation during Thermal Hypothetical Accident Conditions
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Sarah Suffield, James Fort
Abstract:Improved Models for Foam Degradation during Thermal Hypothetical Accident Conditions Current practice in SARP thermal analysis for…
Initial Engineering Evaluations of the New In-glovebox Container Designs
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jude M. Oka, Timothy A. Stone, Tristan Karns, Paul H. Smith, Yong Tao, Murray E. Moore
Abstract:LA-UR-18-31787Containers have always played a pivotal role in nuclear materials management at LosAlamos National Laboratory (LANL) and…
Insider Mitigation Strategies for the Radiological Transport Industry
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Commie Byrum, Ken Martin
Abstract:The transportation of radiological materials plays a critical role in medical, industrial, and commercial applications. Insider threat is a…
Inspection programme of the Belgian competent authority (FANC) for non-approved and approved package designs
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Guy Lourtie, Thomas Bande, Vincent Leblanc, Marlon Hesius
Abstract:In January 2013, the FANC started a project to revise the Belgian legislation for the transport of radioactive material taking into account…
Investigating the Dependence of Hydrogen and Oxygen Generation from High-Purity Plutonium Oxides in Sealed Containers
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. Kirk Viers, Mary Ann Stroud, Joshua Narlesky, John Berg, Kennard Wilson, Edward Romero, Daniel Rios, Laura Worl
Abstract:Gas generation experiments are being conducted on moist high-purity plutonium oxides in sealed containers to study pressure changes over…
Investigations on the Long-Term Behavior of Metal Seals for Dual Purpose Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Tobias Grelle, Ulrich Probst, Dietmar Wolff, Matthias Jaunich, Holger Völzke
Abstract:In Germany, spent nuclear fuel and high active waste from reprocessing is stored in transport and storage containers with double lid…
ISO STANDARD AND IAEA GUIDANCE MATERIAL FOR PACKAGE LOAD ATTACHMENT POINTS - Current Approaches and Developments
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Frank Wille, Marianne Moutarde, Bruno Desnoyers, Viktor Ballheimer, Christian Kuschke, Andreas Apel, Elena Kalinina, Doug Ammerman
Abstract:For transport package design and operation according to the IAEA regulations, the package shall be securely stowed and its retention system…
Issues in Applying Transport Exemption Levels to NORM
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Conroy
Abstract:The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations for the transport of radioactive…
Lessons learned from the project concerning the revision of the Belgian legislation for the transport of radioactive material and from the first year of implementation of the new regulatory framework
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Martine Liebens, Rony Dresselaers, Guy Lourtie
Abstract:In January 2013, the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) started a project to revise the Belgian legislation for the transport of…
Licensing of a Type B(M)F Radioactive Material Transportation Package by Finite Element Analysis
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Dunning, Darren Sturdy
Abstract:The approval of nuclear transport packages requires the demonstration of performance against the regulatory tests. This has typically…
Licensing the UK's First Ever Multiple Water Barrier Package
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Vijay Bhatti
Abstract:The U.K Government has a strategic objective to consolidate fissile materials onto a single site. Inventory includes unused and spent Fast…
Logistics preparation for the Multi-Modal Surrogate Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Test using the ENUN 32P cask
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Alejandro Palacio, Ismael Fernandez, Rafael Gonzalez Garmendia, Guillermo Calleja
Abstract:Equipos Nucleares S.A., S.M.E. (ENSA) together with the support of the national labs from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Pacific…
Maintaining the flow: international cooperation to help address denial of shipment of radioactive material
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Serge Gorlin, Natanael Bruno, Ulric Schwela, John Mulkern
Abstract:The phenomenon of delay and denial of shipments, the non-acceptance of radioactive material by transport companies and ports even when…
Making the Case: Demonstrating the Integrity of Spent Nuclear Fuel During Long-term Storage and Subsequent Transportation
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Sylvia J. Saltzstein, Ned Larson, Brady Hanson
Abstract:The U.S Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Spent Fuel and Waste Storage and Transportation (SFWST) program is…
Maritime Back End Transport - First shipment of OPAL Spent Fuel from Autralia to France - Overview of a successful operation
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick Jacot, Mark Healy, Therese Donlevy
Abstract:The nuclear material transport of nuclear material from one sidepart of the world to the opposite part always presents some challenges and…