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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nathan C. Rowe, C.A. Pickett, Steven L. Cleveland
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Safeguards and Security Technology Group uses seven evaluation criteria for tamper indicating device (TID…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Van Mierloo Xavier, Boeckx Wim
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The transport of spent fuel in type B fissile packages is done dry, without the presence of water in the package. This measure relates to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Maik Hennebach
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To assess the feasibility of using the TN 7-2 cask for the transport of MOX fuel rods from a prototype fast reactor, a criticality analysis…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A.D. Cummings
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Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is an effective tool for assessing packages used to transport Radioactive Materials (RAM) in normal operation…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Atsushi Yoshida, Akio OIWA, Akira Higuchi
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In this study, crushing characteristics of rigid polyurethane form (R-PUF) were obtained, and applicability of R-PUF as shock absorbing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donghyuk Lim, Seungho Ahn
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The purpose of this project is to promote the transparency of the nuclear activities and to strengthen the cooperation as well as advance…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Naoya Hirabayashi, Kogo Kimura, Kogo Kimura, Katsuyoshi Oyama, Katsuyoshi Oyama
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On March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station lost all power sources due to the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Alejandro Palacio, G. Calleja, David Garrido Quevedo, David Castrillón, Victor Gómez, R. Muñoz, R. Miguel, L. Moreno, E.G. Poncela
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The ENUN 24P dual-purpose metal cask has been adapted from the ENUN cask series concept developed by Ensa, to fulfil specific spent fuel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Rakesh Burgul
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Cyber security is the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attack…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Meghan B. McGarry, Paul P.H. Wilson, Tom Atwood
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Already the dominant source of clean energy, nuclear power is growing at a rapid pace. While beneficial to a world confronting climate…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kelsey Stadnikia, Allan Martin
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In order to improve the ability to detect, locate, track and identify nuclear/radiological threats, the University of Florida nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathon Teague, Roberta Mulford, Diane J. Spengler, Paul D. Richardson
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Slight dissension of cladding on unvented plutonium-238 oxide heat sources has been observed, and the origin of the distention investigated…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jin Hirakawa, Takao Shirakura, Fumito Shigeyoshi, Kiyoshi Takahama
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It is a phenomenon that impact load applied onto lid from content with a gap between content and lid could be several times as larger as…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. C. Glasgow, R.D. McElroy, Steve Cleveland, Stephen Croft, Justin Knowles, R. Venkataraman, A. Simone
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The analytical method involving irradiation of swipe samples potentially containing trace quantities of fissile material in a thermal…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroshi Suzuki,, Hirokazu Ishii, Hisao Tohma, Shigeru Kishida
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Due to the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, radioactive materials were detected in sewage…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edward Arthur, Edward D. Blandford, Jay Disser, Joel Hughes
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The 3S by Design (3SBD) concept is designed to capture, and potentially optimize, interrelationships between the safety, security, and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, Aifric Delahunty, Douglas Jamieson
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Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) is proposing to use a new shielded waste container TRU-Shield for the packaging and disposal of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, Matthew Walden, M. Shinozaki, R. Price, Conrad Izatt, Alejandro Palacio, David Garrido Quevedo, David Castrillón, Victor Gómez, R. Muñoz, R. Miguel, L. Moreno, E.G. Poncela
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The ENsa UNiversal ENUN 24P is a dual purpose metal cask developed by Ensa for dry storage and transportation of up to 24 PWR non-damaged,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Marleau, S. A. Pozzi, M. Monterial
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Template-based analysis has emerged as a popular candidate method for treaty verification applications. This technique is useful in a wide…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Norikazu Irie, Hirofumi Kita, Shinichi Fukuda, Susumu Kubota, Junichi Kishimoto, Kosaku Nishi
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In Japan, the first interim spent fuel storage facility away-from-reactor (AFR) will start its operation for management of spent fuels…