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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jung Yunsong, Sangjoon Ahn, Kiyoung Kim
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Al-B4C metal matrix composites (MMC) are neutron absorber materials widely used in spent fuel pool (SFP) to ensure the subcriticality with…
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Author(s):Sean Perry
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International Nuclear Services is the design authority for a nuclear transport package known as the 1648C. This package was to be re-…
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Author(s):Matthew L. Eyre, Daisuke Nagasawa, Aaron C. Herfurth, Toshiaki Yamazaki
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Many pool fuel storage racks and fuel storage/transportation packages incorporate neutron absorbers to improve the space efficiency of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Conrad Izatt, Darryl Smith, Phillip Ashton
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Magnox Ltd. is intending to use 6 m3 Concrete Boxes (CBs) for the packaging and disposal of Intermediate Level radioactive Waste (ILW) at a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Fletcher M. Davis, Paul Blanton, Joshua Flach, Christopher Cable
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The 9981 Type AF Shipping container was an adaptation from the 9979 Type AF container. It was designed to carry a heavier payload to meet…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hui Liu, Jane He, Venkata Venigalla
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Due to the unavailability of nuclear fuel reprocessing and a permanent geologic repository in the United States, it has become increasingly…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Pierre MALESYS
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Transport of radioactive material has to comply with the national and international modal regulations for the transport of dangerous goods…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher L. Dane, Paul Harding, Fabien LABERGRI, Mathias CHAZOT, Julien Patru, Constance Robeyns, Laurent Lievre
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INS, as part of the NDA group, is in charge of the management of contracts between NDA & customers (reprocessing, waste return,…),…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jefrey Ramsay, Smain Yalaoui, Manorma Kumar, Caitlyn Cavanagh-Dollard, Rajesh Garg
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There are over one million packages containing radioactive material being safely transported in Canada each year. Canadian regulations for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bret Leslie
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The U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) reviewed the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) efforts to manage the inventory of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Masumi Wataru, Satoshi Hirohata, Daichi Sata
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From the point of view of flexibility in the spent fuel management, it is important to provide options of dry storage technology. CRIEPI…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Greg Fulford
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There are several requirements that make up a successful global transportation program for radioactive materials. This starts with a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hervé RIPERT, Mathieu Brounais
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For the containment of Type B packaging it is necessary to demonstrate that there is no risk of brittle fracture. For ferritic carbon steel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hatice Akkurt, Ashleigh Quigley
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Neutron absorber materials are used to increase storage capacity in spent fuel pools (SFPs) while maintaining criticality safety margins.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Adam D. Williams, Douglas M Osborn, Brian Cohn
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The combination of modeling and simulation (Mod/Sim) tools with dynamic assessment techniques continues to yield new insights within other…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):James R. Younkin, Michael Schultze, Lloyd Clonts, Shane Frank, Brad Stinson, Bogdan Vacaliuc
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The Transportation–Security, Tracking and Reporting System (T-STAR) was developed by the National NuclearSecurity Administration, NA-21,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Frank Koch
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For several years, many activities concerning ageing issues of dry storage casks for spent fuel have been going on. As an initial activity…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marianna Moutarde, Alan Carcreff, Benoit ECKERT, Florence Gauthier, Igor Le Bars, Anne-Cécile Jouve
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Dual Purpose Casks (DPCs) are currently loaded and stored for decades. Stored, but ready to be transported at any time: some facilities…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marc Péridis, Florence-Nathalie Sentuc, Martin Sonnenkalb, Jörn Stewering, Maik Stuke
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Spent fuel dry cask storage facilities are proven part of many waste management concepts. The recent German strategy foresees a storage…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chihiro Narazaki, Akitsugu Sonoda, Satoshi Miyamura, Maki Hiramoto, Yusei Tanaka, Yoshitaka Doken
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In Japan, spent nuclear fuel is stored on an interim basis until it is being reprocessed. Thus, it is mandatory that metal casks maintain…