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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):L. Begue, M. Milin, G. Caplin, S. Evo
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The transport of enriched hexafluoride uranium (UF6) is carried out in large steel cylinders. In filled cylinders, a maximum of 0.5wt. % of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Germar Eisenacher, Robert Scheidemann, Martin Neumann, Frank Wille, Bernahd Droste
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The material spruce wood is frequently used in impact limiters of Type B transport packages. In order to develop and parametrize an…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew T. Cook, Steven J. Jones, Jeff E. Lux, Matthew L. Baruzzini, Steven E. Skutnik, Howard L. Hall
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Pyrochemical processing, also known as pyroprocessing, is an electrochemical method of treating spent nuclear fuel, metal as well as oxide…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Ochs, Ernst Prucker, Christian Geiser
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In 2010 the Recommendations for Guidelines on the 10 yearly Periodical safety assessments of Intermediate Storage Plants (ISP) for spent…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ho Dong Kim, Eun Ha Kwon, Seong-Kyu Ahn, Se-Hwan Park
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South Korea has been developing pyroprocessing technology that recovers valuable resources such as uranium from the spent fuels of nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fabio C. Dias, Lilia C. Palhares, Vitorio E. da Silveira Nunes
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The Nuclear Energy Commission of Brazil (CNEN) is the government organization responsible for regulating all nuclear activities in Brazil…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Betty Bonnardel-Azzarelli
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The World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) has now over fifteen years of experience in communicating the safe transport of radioactive…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Warren R. Strong, Stanley J Haynes
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Managing nuclear material at a DOE site is, in general, an expert based process, especially when there is a need to move unwanted or…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Pshakin, I. Matveenko
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One legacy of the Soviet nuclear program is great quantities of high enriched uranium that were used in different research programs. IPPE…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard L. Donovan
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently published a technical standard (DOE STD-1207- 2012, Protection Program Defensive Planning For…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Glenn Abramczyk, S.J. Nathan, Daniel Leduc
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Plutonium oxide is one of the most challenging hazardous materials to ship in commerce both domestically and internationally. Licensing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jeniece May
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The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 National Security Complex will continue transitioning to the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Porter, Zoe Whittle
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Sellafield Limited consigns radioactive material as part of its regular, daily business. Each year over 1,000 RAM packages are consigned…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Takehito Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Shizuma, Ryoichi Hajima, Bernard Ludewigt, Brian J. Quiter, Christopher Angell, Grayson Rich
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Non-destructive assay (NDA) of 239Pu in spent nuclear fuel is possible using the isotope-specific nuclear resonance fluorescence integral…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chi-Fung Tso, Kevin Ip, Sundip Shah, Matthew Walden, David Garrido Quevedo, Alejandro Palacio, David Castrillón, Victor Gómez, Enrique Gómez, Rafael Grandal
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The ENsa UNiversal ENUN 52B is a dual purpose metal cask developed by Ensa for dry storage and transportation of up to 52 BWR spent fuel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul Gray
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The International Source Suppliers and Producers Association (ISSPA) comprise most of the world’s major manufacturers of sealed sources. In…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ella B. McNeil, Thomas Clawson, Kenneth Keaton, Mark Linsley
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It is estimated there are three million radioactive material shipments made in the United States annually. The Department of Energy (DOE)…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ketan Mittal Research Assistant, Miles Greiner, Ph.D., Ahti Suo-Anttila, Ph.D.
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The fire time of concern for a component within a spent nuclear fuel (SNF) transport package is the time after fire ignition when that…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul S Blanton, K. R. Eberl
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A new Bulk Tritium Shipping Package (BTSP) was designed by the Savannah River National Laboratory to be a replacement for a package that…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Imre Pazsit, Lenard Pal, Dina Chernikova, Wang Ziguan
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The theory of the Feynman-alpha method was extended to two-energy groups and tworegions by the use of the Chapman - Kolmogorov equation…