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Applicability of Rigid Polyurethane Foam to Laying Type Shock Absorber
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Akira Tao, Hiroyuki Morita
Abstract:
We have succeeded in an application of the Rigid Polyurethane Foam (R-PUF) to shock absorber for a transport cask. In case of drop event at…
Application of Eddy Current Testing to SCC Detection for Canisters in Concrete Cask System
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Akihiro Shin, Hiroaki Arai, Masanori Goto, Soichiro Okazaki, Takaaki Yamada, Hiroshi Azuma
Abstract:
Concrete cask system is widely used in the United States, but it has not been put into practical use in Japan. To apply the concrete cask…
Application of leakage rates measured on scaled cask or component models to the package containment safety assessment
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Annette Rolle, Viktor Ballheimer, Tino Neumeyer, Frank Wille
Abstract:
The containment systems of transport and storage casks for spent fuel and high level radioactive waste usually include bolted lids with…
Application of γ-γ Coincidence Measurement of 134Cs and154Eu to Verify Burnup and Cooling Time for TRIGA Reactor Used Fuels at the University of Texas Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William S. Charlton, Jay P. Joshi
Abstract:
134Cs, 137Cs, and 154Eu are prominent fission product gamma-ray sources in used nuclear fuel. The activity of these fission products is…
Applying Immersive Learning Methodologies to the Safety and Security Interface Paradigm for Normal Commercial Shipments of Radioactive Material
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Malinda S. Devaney, Nichole White, Kimberly K. Anderson
Abstract:
During a series of consultancy meetings at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to develop a technical document that assists in…
ARG-US Wireless Sensor Network for Critical Facilities
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Brian Craig, Lucas Vander Wal, Kevin Byrne, Yung Liu, James Shuler
Abstract:
ARG-US (meaning “Watchful Guardian”) Remote Area Modular Monitoring (RAMM) is a remote, “unattended” monitoring system with a two-layered…
ASME Pressure Vessel Code for Nuclear Transport and Storage
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Zenghu Han, Ronald Pope, Yung Liu, James Shuler
Abstract:
The U.S. Department of Energy Packaging Certification Program, Office of Environmental Management sponsors a training course on the…
Assessing the Success of Shipping High Burn-Up Sister Rods from ORNL to PNNL
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Edward Ketusky, Lynh Nugyen
Abstract:
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Used Fuel Disposition Campaign (UFDC), in collaboration with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission…
Assessing Training Needs for the Radiological Transport Industry
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Commie Byrum, Ken Martin
Abstract:
On a daily basis in the United States, multiple shipments of Category 1 and 2 radiological materials are transported within and across our…
Assessment of FRAM Measurement Uncertainties
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donivan R. Porterfield, Jung Rim
Abstract:
Assessment of FRAM Measurement UncertaintiesJung H. Rim, Donivan R. Porterfield, and Michael D. YohoLos Alamos National Laboratory, Los…
ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY DEMONSTRATIONS RELATIVE TO PACKAGES CONTAINING UF6
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marika Debruyne, Benoit ECKERT, Frank Wille, Florence Gauthier, Karim Ben Oughrem, Igor Le Bars, Anne-Cécile Jouve, Nathalie Cordier
Abstract:
The safety demonstrations realized by applicants in the case of approval request for the package designs containing enriched UF6 have to…
ASTM International and ISO Standards for Analyses Supporting Nuclear Materials Control and Accountancy
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Brisson
Abstract:
There is an increasing push for the development and utilization of standard analytical methods for nuclear materials control and…
At-Reactor Conditions Affecting the Transportation of SNF from US Commercial Nuclear Sites
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Robert A. Joseph, Mark Nutt
Abstract:
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is developing solutions for long-term sustainable management of the nation’s spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and…
Autonomous loading of content in a type B packaging
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Wim Boeckx, Robby Vandendries, Xavier Van Mierloo
Abstract:
Loading high and intermediate-level radioactive waste into type B packaging is challenging. Often waste is stored in drums that need to be…
Back-end to the Future: Safeguards Considerations for Multinational Geological Repositories
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cindy Vestergaard, James Casterton
Abstract:
The responsibility of countries to manage and dispose of their own spent fuel and radioactive waste does not preclude a collaborative…
Best Practices for Sharing Threat Information
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dmitry Kovchegin, Nickolas J. Roth
Abstract:
Different countries and different organizations within a specific country can use different approaches to achieve nuclear security goals.…
Book Review: Doomed to Cooperate
Type:JNMM
Volume:47
Issue:3
Author(s):Mark L. Maiello
Abstract:
This massive undertaking focuses its effort on an important and little-told story that those studying the immediate post-Soviet era of…
Book Review: Preventing Black-Market Trade in Nuclear Technology
Type:JNMM
Volume:47
Issue:1
Author(s):Mark L. Maiello
Abstract:
Diplomacy and policy making may get all the attention when it comes to non-proliferation policy-making, but one aspect of the overall…
Breakout Time Estimate Comparison Using Centrifuge Performance Maps
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Houston G. Wood, Benjamin R. Thomas, Wisher Paudel
Abstract:
Using a suite of cascade simulation codes, the stage flow rates and enrichment levels are calculated for uranium enrichment cascades…
Bridging the Gap between Cyber and Physical Security
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Anna Wikmark, Sanna Engqvist, Mikael Hammarstrom
Abstract:
The systems installed to provide physical security are a mixture of servers, clients and products best be described as Internet of Things.…