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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Eileen M. Supko, John H. Kessler
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The Yucca Mountain Final Environmental Impact Statement (YMEIS) included an analysis of the radiological impacts associated with the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Myung Seung Yang, Joo Hwan Park
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The IAEA has launched an International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycle (INPRO) in 2000, and the INPRO methodology is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William S. Charlton, D. Grant Ford
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An assessment tool has been developed at Texas A&M University for predicting weapons useable material acquisition based on an…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Dybeck, Lise Wattez
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For transports of radioactive waste from the Swedish nuclear power plants to the final storage, SFR in Forsmark, special IP-2 containers,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Tobin, T.D. Reilly, J. Kuzminski, Steven E. Smith, Alexander A. Solodov, J. Nations, Y. V. Yasko, B. Hammit
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Holdup—the residual material that accumulates in process equipment, pipes, valves, ductwork, vacuum lines, ventilation systems, air filters…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Brad Lester, Jim Portsmouth
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This paper describes the Department of Energy (DOE) EM 63 Automated Transportation Management System (ATMS). The ATMS is a web based…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L. C-A Bourva, Roland Carchon, Alain Lebrun, Manfred Zendel, Z. Vukadin
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Verification of fresh fuel pellets during Physical Inventory Verification (PIV) requires partial defect detection capability to be achieved…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald M. Keyser
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The portable germanium detector based HHRIDs are generally intended to be operated in low to medium radiation fields with as much…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Pshakin
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Transportable nuclear power installations has long history. From the very beginning of atomic energy idea of using this energy as power…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Sven Schubert, Frank Koch, H.P. Winkler
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The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is the responsible German authority for the design assessment of mechanical…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A. Thrower, J. Jones, M. Keister, J. Patric, P. Singley
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This paper presents preliminary findings of a benchmarking project by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Richard James, Julian Robertshaw
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British Energy and its predecessor companies have been transporting irradiated fuel in specifically designed transport flasks between…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas J. Criddle, Joseph C. Nichols
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During the design of a new fresh fuel package, testing was performed to examine and optimize the use of polyurethane foam, in combination…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S.S. Redmon
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The Safeguards First Principles Initiative (SFPI) testbed was implemented in the 9215 Material Access Area (MAA) at the Y-12 National…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Virginia Cleary, Gary Rochau, Eric D. Vugrin, David York
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Proliferation resistance features that reduce the likelihood of diversion from the civilian nuclear power fuel cycle are critical for a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.C. Miller, Howard O. Menlove, S. Y. Lee, J. B. Marlow, C. D. Rael, J. B. Wang, M. C. Yuan
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During the past 20 years, the spent-fuel canisters stored in the Taiwan Research Reactor (TRR) storage pool have deteriorated badly. In…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marie-Thérèse Lizot, G. Sert, Véronique Rouyer, Laure CARENINI, I. Ortiz de Echevarria Diez
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Applicants have to justify the criticality safety of packages loaded with fresh or spent fuel in the conditions of the 9 m drop test where…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ruben Mazzi
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Prospects for a sustained increase on energy demand worldwide are strengthening by the adverse effects of the traditional fuels (fossil) to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Denise Bemelmans, Michelle Cristina Barbosa Neves, Helder Nogueira
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As part of the optimization process of radiation protection at REM Indústria e Comércio in Brazil, the operational procedures in the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Lillian VIALLON, Laurent STACHETTI, Kazuhito TAKEDA
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Needing to transport fresh MOX fuel assemblies from France to Japan, TEPCO and TN International worked together to develop new casks: A…