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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sharon Robinson, Brad Patton, Steven Sherman
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) possesses significant quantities of rare, irreplaceable actinide isotopes that can be used for future…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edwin N. Moore, Jeffrey S. Allender
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The United States holds at least 61. 5 metric tons (MT) of plutonium that is permanently excess to use in nuclear weapons programs,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Akito Oishi, Jun Shimojo, Hiroaki Taniuchi
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Neutron shielding materials which used for interim storage casks are required to have an excellent neutron shielding performance and long-…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Naoteru Odano, Mitsufumi Asami, Hideyuki Oka
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To clarify level of unacceptable radiological consequences due to sabotage, new concept to define physical protection measures appeared in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kosuke NAMBA, Koji Shirai, Masumi Wataru, Toshiari Saegusa
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If a metal gasket used in a dual purpose metal cask was subjected to high temperature for a long term, the residual linear loads and total…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Clive Beattie, Mark Janicki, RA Vaughan
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The paper describes the evolution of designs of containers for the long term storage, transport and disposal of ILW in the UK destined for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. A. Abramczyk, B. M. Loftin, S. J. Nathan, J. Steve Bellamy
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An Addendum was written to the Model 9977 Safety Analysis Report for Packaging adding a new content consisting of DOE-STD-3013 stabilized…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Taisia A. Piskureva, V. Kornelyuk
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In the current context effective and reliable personnel that obtain the required professional knowledge and skills in order not to allow…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bob Vaughn
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Experience of Licensing Type B Packages
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Wilhelm Graff, Dr. Astrid Jussofie
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Contractual agreements were concluded between the German Utilities and the Compagnie Génèral des Matieres Nucléaires  (COGEMA, now AREVA NC…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Rachel Green, Ernesto T. Mano, Miles Greiner, Ph.D., Jie Li, Ph.D., Yung Y. Liu, Sc.D.
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A two-dimensional ANSYS/Fluent computational fluid dynamics model is constructed of an existing experiment that consists of a square 8x8…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sarah Bender, C. Durrant
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Effective material control and accountability of reprocessing facilities requires the verification of operator declared burnup, cooling…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):André Musolff, Thomas Quercetti, Karsten Müller, Bernahd Droste, Klaus-Peter Gründer
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In context with new cask designs and their approval procedure the experimental testing of impact limiters under drop test conditions…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):NULL NULL
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Existing spent nuclear fuel (SF) and high active waste (HAW) management policies and practices worldwide are the result of past…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Yoshihiro HIRAO, Hiromitsu Mochizuki, Makoto Hirose
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In view of the state of the Fukushima NPP accident, CSS of IAEA has decided on an action plan to review the safety regulations for nuclear…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul S Blanton, Kurt R. Eberl
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This paper summarizes the development, testing, and certification of the 9979 Type A Fissile Packaging that replaces the UN1A2…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Houston G. Wood, Patrick J. Migliorini, William C. Witt
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The increasing size and complexity of gas centrifuge enrichment plants have created many challenges for IAEA safeguards. Unattended on-site…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.A. Mullens, J.T. Mihalczo, James J. Henkel, Blake A. Palles
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Transmission imaging relies on comparing the transmission with the object present (I) to that when the object is absent (I0), using the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Taketeru Nagatani, Shinji Nakajima, Takashi Asano
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants were struck by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 and meltdown of the reactor cores of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Michael Whitaker, Karyn Durbin, Jessica L. White-Horton
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The National Nuclear Security Administration’s project for developing a unique identifier and a concept for a global monitoring system for…