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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. Meyer, V. Roland, R. Christ
Abstract:The internal arrangements (baskets) of casks for L WR spent fuel must provide subcriticality control, decay heat transfer, additional…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. S. Neuhauser, J. W. Cashwell, P.C. Reardon, R.M. Ostmeyer, G.W. McNair
Abstract:The relative national environmental impacts of transporting spent fuel and other nuclear wastes to each of nine candidate repository sites…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.A. Andersen
Abstract:A radioactive materials package has been developed, tested, and certificated (licensed), for the air transport of up to 3.15 kg of metallic…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Lanotte, G. Cedon, R. Bach
Abstract:In the context of spent nuclear fuel shipments from European LWRs to the reprocessing plant, Cogema and NTL (Nukleare Transportleistungen)…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. Bertoni, G. Franchi, G. Pochini
Abstract:The AGN I is the first cask for LWR spent fuel entirely designed and fabricated in Italy. The cask, made with a thick steel forging, has a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.M. Taylor, P.J. Raney
Abstract:A testing programme was conducted to determme the amount of depleted uranium dioxide powder (DUO) that would leak from the inner…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. Gelder, J.H. Mairs, K. B. Shaw
Abstract:A review has been performed in the United Kingdom (UK) of the radiological impact resulting from accidents and incidents occurring during…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H.F. Macdonald
Abstract:The paper discusses the radiation levels and activity release limits applicable to Type B packages with particular reference to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):O.F. Brown II
Abstract:RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA OF INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY COVERAGE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS IN THE UNITED STATES OF…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. Mangusi, G. Tjersland, R.L. Licata, B. Hannett
Abstract:Starting in late 1983, two TN-9 and two TN-8L casks have been used in the United States of America for the transport of spent fuel and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G.J. Jankowski, C.G. Tapley
Abstract:REGULATORY COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE rN SHIPPING LARGE QUANTITY, LOW ACTIVITY RAM PRODUCTS. A brief outline of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Lange
Abstract:An important subset of all transports of radioactive materials are those by rail. All transports in one year ( 1983) have been analysed…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Tunaboylu, W. Hunzinger, U. Tillessen
Abstract:Several risk analyses have been carried out in different countries to answer the questions: what are the risks of plutonium transportations…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Araki, H. Tani, T. Shibuya, S. Fukuda
Abstract:The generation of electricity by commercial nuclear power plants has been steadily growing in Japan. With the increase in nuclear power…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. E. Glass, K. W. Gwinn
Abstract:SHOCK AND VIBRATION ENVIRONMENTS: ROAD SIMULATOR TESTS. The study was undertaken as an element of a programme duected at determining the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. E. Whitesides, M.E. Stephens
Abstract:A study has been conducted by a Working Group under the auspices of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Committee…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Shengen Fan, Xuecheng Liu, Jiaming Wang, Yuanshu Yin, Weishan Wang
Abstract:SURVEY OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL TRANSPORT IN CHINA. IAEA-SM-286/ 18 The paper gives an outline of the transport of radioactive material in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A. Gonzales, J. D. Pierce, D.R. Stenberg
Abstract:TARGET HARDNESS COMPARISONS WlTH THE lAEA UNYIELDING TARGET. Various types of targets were compared with respect to their hardness upon a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.M. Madsen, W.L. Uncapher, D. R. Stenberg, A. Zimmer, M. Koploy, W. Schlafer
Abstract:TESTING OF THE DHLW TRUCK SHIPPING CASK. The Defense High Level Waste (DHLW) cask is a Type B packaging currently under development by the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):B. Günther
Abstract:In order to calculate the mechanical cask stresses which occur in a real impact, a method of calculation was used based on the model of an…