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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):L. B. Shappert, W.D. Box
Abstract:Two full-scale packages designed to carry radioactive materials were drop tested at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The unique aspects…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. Geffroy, J. Vivien, M. Pouard, F. Lafaurie, G.N. Dujardin, B. Veron, H. Michoux
Abstract:Certain irradiated assemblies from the Creys-Malville fast reactor are transported to hot cells for examination. With a maximum decay power…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.B. Pope, J.D. McClure
Abstract:ESTIMATED ANNUAL WORLDWIDE SHIPMENTS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. Data on shipments within or from 35 Member States of the IAEA have been used…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. Hamard, C. Ringot, C. Devillers, M. Fradin, M. Fignon
Abstract:This work is the continuation of a study begun in 1982 to find out more about the doses received in France by workers involved in the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. Gilles, C. Ringot, P. Warniez, L. Grall, J. Perrot
Abstract:The international Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials guarantee a hlgh level of safety, achieved mainly by a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. Draulans, I. Lafontaine, P. Gilles, G. Chevalier
Abstract:The number of packages containing radioactive materials transported by road in Belgium during the reference year (I 977) was 65 181, of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. Methling, H. Ziegler, R. Bittner
Abstract:The casks of the Castor series built to date had maximum capacity of approximately 5 t of uranium. Further development led to cask types…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Munish Chandra, V.V.S. Mani, S.P. Dangre, A.D. Moorthy
Abstract:EXPERIENCE OF TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE SAMPLES FOR ANALYSIS. Independent verification of the concentration of special nuclear…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. Ambros, B. Christ, G. Klessen, H.-G. Knackstedt
Abstract:Transnuldear (TN) has developed a system for the collection and transportation of low level radioactive wastes called Mostram Collect. This…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.E. Middleton, E. Livesey
Abstract:Water filled flasks, with a steel body, lead liner and internal fuel containment bottle, are used extensively to transport irradiated light…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K.-H, Bromkamp, D. Methling
Abstract:After reaching the reference bumup, the spherical spent fuel elements of the thorium high temperature reactor are put into cans using a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.H. Burgess
Abstract:The paper discusses the use of experimental measurements to validate calculations of heat fluxes from pool fires. Flame emissivity and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.L. Hudson, J.L. Moya
Abstract:HIGH TEMPERATURE TESTING OF STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED IMP ACT AND PUNCTURE PACKAGE PROTECTION SYSTEMS. Heat transfer through materials which…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):L.E. Romesberg, M.L. Hudson
Abstract:IMPACT, PUNCTURE AND THERMAL TESTING OF TRUPACT-1. The Transuranic Package Transporter (TRUPACT-1) is a packaging developed by the United…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. Belaud, F. Daspet, M. Tombini, L. Tanguy, M. Leconnetable
Abstract:At CEA establishments, acidic radioactive liquid effluents are transported in tank vehicles. Operational requirements led to the design of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Pettersson, Bo Gustafsson
Abstract:A central repository for reactor wastes (SFR) has been under construction in Sweden since 1983. The repository is situated in crystalline…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. Mori, Y. Futamura, M. Akai, Y. Takada, S. Yamada, A. Ohuchi
Abstract:LEAKAGE OF RADIOACTMTY DURING TRANSPORTATION OF DEFECTIVE FUEL AND THE FEASIBILITY OF A DOUBLE-CONTAINMENT SYSTEM: ANALYTICAL AND…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.L. Beaulieu, W.R. Taylor
Abstract:According to the 1979 edition of the IAEA Regulations, the calculated Type B(U) permissible leakage for the particular molybdenum-99 liquid…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Oehm, H. Matto
Abstract:LEGAL AND INSURANCE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE SALVAGE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS FROM THE SEA. The costs involved in salvaging radioactive…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Garrison, G.C. Kinne
Abstract:In the United States of America, as in many other countries, the shipping of radioactive materials is a difficult task. One of the m~or…