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SIGRID –THE FIRST PART OF THE RENEWAL OF THE SWEDISH TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jenny Holmström
Abstract:
After more than 25 years of successful operation Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) late 2010 took the first step of…
Simulating State Proliferation for Nuclear Weapons Latency
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David J. Sweeney
Abstract:
The purpose of Nuclear Weapons Latency is to estimate the probability that a state proliferator acquires a nuclear weapon in a specific…
Simulation and Experimental Validation of Electromagnetic Signatures for Monitoring of Nuclear Material Storage Containers
Type:JNMM
Volume:41
Issue:2
Author(s):A. Mark Jones, Kyle J. Bunch, Pamela M. Aker
Abstract:
Research at the Pacifi c Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)demonstrated that the low frequency electromagnetic (EM) responseof a sealed…
Simulation of Spent Fuel Isotopic Content Measurement with the Differential Die-Away Self-Interrogation System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H.O. Menlove, A.P. Belian, M. Flaska, S.J. Tobin, M. Swinhoe, Sara A. Pozzi, A. C. Kaplan, Vladimir Henzl
Abstract:
As a part of the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) Spent Fuel Nondestructive Assay (NDA) project, we are researching the…
Simulations of Optical Photons for the EJ-309 Organic Liquid Scintillator
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. D. Clarke, M. Flaska, S. A. Pozzi, S. Naeem
Abstract:
Liquid-organic scintillators play important role in many areas of research and field applications, including nuclear nonproliferation,…
ŠKODA VPVR/M TRANSPORT PACKAGING SYSTEM AND ITS USE FOR TRANSPORT OF SPENT FUEL FROM RESEARCH REACTORS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Josef Podlaha, František Sviták
Abstract:
The ŠKODA VPVR/M transport packaging system (TPS), owned and operated by ÚJV ?ež, a. s., Czech Republic, is widely used in the Russian…
Special Nuclear Material (SNM) Detection via the Surrounding Air Ionization
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Geehyun Kim, Subhashree Ramadoss, Randy Stevenson, Mark Hammig
Abstract:
The objective of this work is to develop a method to detect special nuclear materials at long stand-off distances, defined as hundreds of…
Specialized Packaging to Meet Specialized Packaging to Meet Operational and Cleanup Objectives
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bruce Cohen
Spectrally Matched Neutron Detectors Designed Using Computational Adjoint SN For Plug-In Replacement of 3He
Type:JNMM
Volume:42
Issue:1
Author(s):Scottie W. Walker, Glenn E. Sjoden
Abstract:
2013 J. D. Williams Student Paper 2nd PlaceThe current very limited supply of 3He is attributed to a lack oftritium production for the…
SPECTRALLY-MATCHED NEUTRON DETECTORS DESIGNED USING COMPUTATIONAL ADJOINT SN FOR PLUG-IN REPLACEMENT OF 3He
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Scott Walker, Glenn E. Sjoden
Abstract:
There is presently a very limited supply of 3He, attributed to a lack of tritium production for the nuclear weapons complex along with a…
Spectrometer Development for High-Resolution Fission Fragment Yield Data
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam Hecht, R.E. Blakeley, Drew Mader, Erin Dughie
Abstract:
Fission cross section and fragment yields are important for active interrogation, for understanding secondary reactor heating, and for…
Spent Fuel Status in Korea and Integrity Evaluation
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Seongki Lee, Soyoung Kim, Yilsub Jung
Abstract:
The spent fuel (SF) disposal is to be hot issue since the year of plant storage capability is coming soon in Korea. To solve this facial…
SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION RISK ASSESSMENT: CASK FIRE ANALYSES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Carlos Lopez, Victor G. Figueroa, Douglas J Ammerman
Abstract:
The NRC has recently completed an updated Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment, NUREG-21251 . This assessment considered the response…
SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION RISK ASSESSMENT: CASK IMPACT ANALYSES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas J Ammerman
Abstract:
The NRC has recently completed an updated Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment, NUREG-21251 . This assessment considered the response…
SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION RISK ASSESSMENT: CONCLUSIONS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas J Ammerman, John R. Cook, Ruth F. Weiner
Abstract:
The NRC has recently completed an updated Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment, NUREG-2125. The study reached the following findings…
SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION RISK ASSESSMENT: OVERVIEW
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):John R Cook, Douglas J Ammerman, Ruth F Weiner, Carlos Lopez
Abstract:
The U. S. NRC is responsible for issuing regulations for the packaging of spent fuel (and other large quantities of radioactive material)…
SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION RISK ASSESSMENT: ROUTINE TRANSPORTATION
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ruth F. Weiner
Abstract:
The RADTRAN model for calculating radiation doses is based on the well-understood behavior of ionizing radiation. Absorption of ionizing…
SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION RISK ASSESSMENT: TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENT ANALYSIS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ruth F. Weiner, Douglas J Ammerman
Abstract:
The NRC has recently completed an updated Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment, NUREG-2125. This assessment considered four types of…
Spent Nuclear Fuel Forced Gas Drying Technology
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Rick Springman
Abstract:
The Forced Gas Dehydrator System (FGD) is a standalone piece of equipment designed for efficient removal of water from sealed casks and…
SRS K-Area Material Storage – Expanding Capabilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard Koenig
Abstract:
In support of the Department of Energy’s continued plans to de-inventory and reduce the footprint of Cold War era weapons’ material…