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DESCRIPTION OF TYPE C TUK-145/C PACKAGE DESIGN. CERTIFICATION IN RUSSIA
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S.V Komarov, A. Ivashkin, O. Savina, A. Chernyshov, V. Shapovalov, A. Morenko, O. Alekseyev, L. Barabenkova, O. Amelicheva, D. Derganov
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The paper describes the history of development and the peculiarities of design and certification of the world’s first Type C package for…
Design and Analysis of a Two-Plane Dual-Particle Imaging System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Poitrasson-Rivière, A. Poitrasson-Rivière, M. Flaska, M. Flaska, S. D. Clarke, S. D. Clarke, S. A. Pozzi, S. A. Pozzi, Michael C. Hamel, Michael C. Hamel, John K. Polack, John K. Polack
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The combination of a Compton camera and neutron-scatter camera into a three-plane dual-particle imaging system has been shown to…
Design Approaches for Transportation of High Burnup Used Fuel
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Shih
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The approaches for handling high burnup used (HBU) fuels in the USA are, for the most part; at the reactor site (wet storage) and/or dry…
DESIGN LOADING FACTORS IN ROAD TRANSPORT OF VERY HEAVY PACKAGES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Tim Gleed-Owen
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The vast majority of shipments of radioactive material in Europe are small in bulk and mass, representing medical isotopes, laboratory…
DESIGN METHODOLOGY TO ENSURE SIMILARITY BETWEEN SCALE MODEL AND PACKAGE MODEL: APPLICATION TO TN®843
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Joel BAUDOUIN, Stéphane Brut, Hervé RIPERT
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The transportation of radioactive material requires a very high standard of safety of the packaging model imposed by international…
Design of a liquid scintillator-based prototype neutron coincidence counter for Nuclear Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Janssens-Maenhout, P. Peerani, A. Tomanin, P Schillebeeckx, Hamid Tagziria
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A liquid scintillator-based neutron coincidence counting system designed to address a number of safeguards applications is under…
Design of an Alternative Plutonium Canister Assay system (APCA) using ceramic scintillator neutron detectors for the safeguards NDA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Kureta, A. Ohzu, T. Nakamura, M. Seya
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The demonstrator named Alternative Plutonium Canister Assay system (APCA) on ceramic scintillator neutron detectors has been designed in…
Design of Fillet and Partial Penetration Groove Welds using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Lisle B. Hagler, Ed Russell
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The recommended welding criteria for radioactive material transportation packages for Type B contents are found NUREG/CR-3019 (ref 1).…
Design-aided Safeguards in Final Disposal installations - SbD put in practice in the EU
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Koutsoyannopoulos, H. Dratschmidt, W. Kahnmeyer, M. Murtezi, P. Schwalbach
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Following decades of scientific research, political contemplation and socioeconomic considerations, we see the first geological disposal…
Detecting Proliferation Activities via System-centric Integration and Interpretation of Multi-Modal Data Collected from a System of Sensors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wen-Chiao Lin, Tae-Sic Yoo, Michael F. Simpson, Humberto E. Garcia
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This paper illustrates the potential benefit that real-time detection of anomalies via system-centric process monitoring (PM) may have as a…
Determination of leak integrity and behaviour of 'standard' 205 litre UN drum lids when subject to differential pressures
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G Holden
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Work was conducted in late 2012 by Onet Technologies UK on behalf of a UK client to determine how the 'standard' 205 litre UN drum used for…
DETERMINING DEGRADATION OF FIBERBOARD IN THE 9975 SHIPPING PACKAGE BY MEASURING AXIAL GAP
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):E. R. Hackney, W.L. Dougherty, K. A. Dunn, T. M. Stefek
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Currently, thousands of model 9975 transportation packages are in use by the US Department of Energy (DOE); the design of which has been…
DEVELOPING AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES FOR A NEW NUCLEAR BUILD
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cyril Schandorf, Stephen O.A. Dahunsi
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The deep understanding of the future needs and the collective interest of the estimated population of about 170 million people of Nigeria…
DEVELOPING ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS FOR FEED AND WITHDRAWAL OPER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Michael Whitaker, J.R. Garner, R.S. Snow
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The international safeguards community is interested in using UF6 cylinder weight data from process scales at feed and withdrawal areas to…
Developing the Historical Technical Basis for the International Atomic Energy Agency Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material: Material Classification, Package Classification, Package Test Requirements and Criticality Safety
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. B. Pope, D. Mennerdahl, Y.K. Zhao, C.S. Bajwa
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International-level efforts began at the IAEA in 2010 to develop a comprehensive and detailed technical basis document (TecBasDoc) to…
DEVELOPING THE HISTORICAL TECHNICAL BASIS FOR THE MATERIAL AND PACKAGE CLASSIFICATION AND THE PACKAGE TEST REQUIREMENTS OF THE | INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY REGULATIONS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald Pope, Christopher Bajwa, Pierre MALESYS, Yonkang Zhao
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In a companion PATRAM 2013 paper, C. Bajwa, et. al. provides an overview of internationallevel efforts that began in 2010 to develop a…
DEVELOPING THE HISTORICAL TECHNICAL BASIS FOR THE RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT SAFETY REGULATIONS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Bajwa, Ronald Pope, Luc Baekelandt, Yonkang Zhao, Dennis Mennerdahl
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is responsible for developing safety requirements for the transport of radioactive material.…
Development of Integrated Online Monitoring Systems for Detection of Diversion at Natural Uranium Conversion Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.D. McElroy, Shaheen A. Dewji, Nolan Hertel, J. A. Chapman, Steve Cleveland, D. Lee
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Recent work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has focused on some source term modeling of uranyl nitrate (UN) as part of…
Development of a Ceramic Tamper Indicating Seal: SRNL Contributions
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kyle S. Brinkman, Michael J. Martinez-Rodriguez, Adrian E. Mendez Torres, George E. Weeks
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Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) are collaborating on development of a Ceramic Seal, also…
Development of a code for the isotopic analysis of uranium
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.H. Kim, Minyoung Kang
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The non-destructive assay (NDA) of nuclear material is on-site analytical procedure without the delay of international transfers, thus, it…