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Abstract:Unilateral approval is simple in theory. However, its practical application raises one or two problems not only with regard to…
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Abstract:Regular maintenance of packagings used for the transport of spent fuel has been carried out in Europe for the past three years. The three…
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Abstract:Packages used in the road transponation of tritiated heavy water (T 20) must demonstrate the ability to withstard severe shocks and impacts…
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Abstract:The paper describes a programme of work in which the mechanical properties of immobilized waste forms were evaluated and related to the…
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Abstract:The paper seeks to provide advice on the suitability of existing radiological consequence models for specific transport situations. The…
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Abstract:The Pacific Northwest Laboratories, in support of the Department of Energy, have developed two models that provide an analytic basis for…
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Abstract:International transport regulations incorporate rules for mixing package designs during transport, including transit storage. Permissible…
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Abstract:Within the scope of the design and development work connected with the Hungarian nuclear power station construction programme, the Power…
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Abstract:ln anticipation of future demand for shipment of higher bumup spent nuclear fuel (SF), a higher performance shipping cask (JSU-1), with a…
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Abstract:For economic reasons, the stainless steel used for nuclear transport and storage containers has been replaced by a significantly less…
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Abstract:In order to ensure the subcriticality of spent fuel elements in shipping casks, the fuel elements are placed into an inserted basket with…
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Abstract:NUCLEAR FUEL TRANSPORT: THE SPECIAL CASE OF SPENT FUEL TRANSPORT. Nuclear transport constitutes for Cogema an essential activity linking…
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Abstract:An on-board experiment was carried out in a spent fuel shlpping vessel, the Pacific Swan, in whlch 13 casks of the TN-12A and Excellox 3…
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Abstract:Ontario Hydro currently operates 15 heavy water moderated reactors generating 10 GW of electrical power. As the moderator thermalizes…
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Abstract:OPERATION OF THE SWEDISH SEA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR SPENT FUEL. At PATRAM 83, the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co. (SKB)…
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Abstract:Permeation of He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe and 0 2 through 0-ring seals of fluorocarbon rubber (e.g. Viton), ethylene-propylene rubber (EPDM) and…
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Abstract:PHASE CHANGE MODELS FOR CASK ANALYSIS. The applicability of the pure conduction model is considered for lead-shielded casks in which…
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Abstract:The paper considers the main principles involved in the organization in the USSR of the transport of irradiated nuclear power plant fuel by…
PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSPORT OF REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING WASTE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
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Abstract:It has been decided to decommission the UKAEA Windscale Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (W AGR) to a 'green field' site to provide information…