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ONR’s expectations of adequate Emergency Arrangements
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dawn Petts, Jonathan Hursthouse
Abstract:
Background:The carriage of dangerous goods by land in Great Britain is governed by the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable…
ONR’s Expectations of Shielding Design in package Design Safety Reports
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Andy Smith, Jonathan Hursthouse
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Background:This paper communicates ONR’s expectations of package designs, following changes to IAEA regulations. GB legislation for land…
Operator’s Contribution on the Improvement of RII Scheme against the Process Operation at PCDF
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Koichi ISHIYAMA, Yasunobu Mukai, Hironobu Nakamura, Tsutomu Kurita, Risa Makino, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Atsuhi Ikeda
Abstract:
Regarding the Integrated Safeguards (IS) in Japan, the implementation of IS has been started on September 2004, and the concept has been…
Organization Culture and Leadership in the Department of Safeguards
Type:JNMM
Volume:44
Issue:2
Author(s):Srilata Rao
Abstract:
Currently, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Department of Safeguards is facing unprecedented challenges in the form of an…
Outcomes Based Nuclear Engineering Curriculum Development and Enhancement with Nuclear Security Related Subjects
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sihana Sihana, W. Rosita, A. Muharini, Ir. Susetyo Hario Putero
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Traditionally a nuclear engineering curriculum has a strong content with safety and safeguard subjects, but not with security related…
Outcomes of a Workshop on Techniques for Information Protection of Imaging Information
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William Karl Pitts, Allen Seifert, Erik Brubaker, Peter Marleau, Andrew Gilbert, Kenneth D. Jarman, Nathan Hilton
Abstract:
We report the conclusions reached from a workshop hosted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories to…
Overview of Security Considerations for the Back-end of the United States Fuel Cycle
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew R. Feldman, J.M. Scaglione, Justin B. Clarity, R. L. Howard, J.J. Jarrell
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Over 75,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is safely and securely stored at over 70 locations around the United States. Assuring the…
Overview of the Monte Carlo Simulator of Point Model Neutrons (MASTODON) Software Application
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martyn T. Swinhoe, Stephen Croft, Andrew D. Nicholson, Scott Stewart, Angela T. Simone
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The Monte Carlo Simulator of Point Model Neutrons (MASTODON) software application is currently under development at Oak Ridge National…
Package Design Assessment Aspects of Gaps between Content and Lid
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Frank Wille, Thomas Quercetti, Viktor Ballheimer, Jens Sterthaus
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Type B(U) packages for the transport of radioactive material have to withstand accident conditions of transport defined in the regulations…
Packaging Certification Thermal Testing at Sandia
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Carlos Lopez, Walt Gill
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The approach to radioactive material (RAM) package thermal certification at Sandia National Laboratories is presented in here. The paper…
Packaging Model 9977 Noncompliances
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. A. Abramczyk, B. M. Loftin, John S. Bellamy, Charles A. McKeel
Abstract:
Although infrequent, there have been instances of the Savannah River National Laboratory’s (SRNL) Model 9977 Type B Radioactive Material…
Parameters controlling the design of a sea transport system
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ulrika Broman, Johan Rosenblad
Abstract:
Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co. (SKB) owns and operates a sea transport system for spent nuclear fuel, core components and…
Passive and Active Field Assay Methods for Spent Fuel in Transportation and Storage Containers – consideration of some potentially cost effective portable solutions
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert B. Hayes
Abstract:
Basic gamma dose rate provides estimates of total irradiation of fuel while neutron dose rate is proportional to combined plutonium content…
Performance Evaluation Tests for the Newly Developed Transportation and Storage Casks in Korea
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Woo-Seok Choi, Sanghoon Lee, Kyoung-sik Bang, Sang-Soon Cho, Ju-Chan Lee, Seung-hwan Yu, Jongmin Lim
Abstract:
A spent-fuel storage and transport system are currently being developed in Korea. The spent fuels stored temporarily in wet storage at…
Performance test of the HGU code for uranium isotopic analysis by gamma spectroscopy
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jong Ho Park, H.D. Choi, Junhyuck Kim
Abstract:
For technical assistance in the nuclear nonproliferation regime and nuclear forensics, non- destructive assay (NDA) techniques for an…
Personnel Reliability in Correlation of Components when Providing Nuclear Site Security
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Piskureva
Abstract:
A man has been and always will be the main assurer of security under any technical improvements of the nuclear material accountability,…
Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories, 2015
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
Abstract:
The latest open source comprehensive national estimates of the amounts of plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU) are presented. These…
Plutonium Isotopics in Selected Oak Ridge Waste Streams
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bob Ceo, Joe Wachter, Kevin Meyer
Abstract:
Because Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a research facility, its transuranic wastes are more complex and varied than those from…
Post-Fukushima complementary safety assessments extended to transport
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Baptiste Louis, Gilles Sert, Marie-Thérèse CAILLARD-LIZOT, Marianne Moutarde
Abstract:
Following the accident that occurred on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on 11th March 2011, the ASN (French Competent Authority)…
Potential Acceptance and Disposition of Spent Nuclear Fuel Containing U.S.-Origin Highly Enriched Uranium from the Federal Republic of Germany
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Maxcine Maxted, Robert Pierce
Abstract:
The United States (US) Department of Energy (DOE) has been approached by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal…