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Cask system for interim storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) should have sufficient integrity to comply with both transport and storage…
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The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is working to identify preliminary national suites…
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In the context of the research on the mechanical safety of packages for radioactive material, fullscale drop tests with spent fuel and HAW…
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The NCS 45 packaging is intended for a variety of contents ranging from irradiated PWR, BWR and FBR fuel pins and parts of fuel pins to non…
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Between 1990 and 1992 BAM carried out in cooperation with Sandia National Laboratories a series of drop tests with a HLW transport cask…
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The impact compressive tests for redwood were performed supposing the actual drop test condition and the energy absorbing property data…
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The shipping packages of radioactive materials must meet the criteria for the Hypothetical Accident Conditions (HAC) specified in the Code…
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Beginning as early as the 1960s, concerns were voiced as to the adequacy of the package test standards imposed by the Transport Regulations…
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During the 1950’s to the 1970’s, when many new packages were being designed for the transport of a wide variety of radioactive materials,…
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Three separate fire test programs exposing casks beyond the regulatory thermal test requirements were performed by Sandia National…
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As part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) overall review of the performance of transportation casks under severe accident…
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International regulations for transport of fissile materials require multilateral approval of each package design. In addition, approvals…
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In recent years the requirements for safety case management for transport packages have increased greatly. Often the Package Design Safety…
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Egypt has unique problem the, Suez Canal, there is a major problem concerning the passage of the nuclear powered and possibly nuclear armed…
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Nuclear power currently generates around 16 % of the world’s electricity and is set to play an increasingly significant role in meeting the…
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This paper describes how radio-frequency (RF) technology can be integrated into a uranium enrichment facility’s nuclear materials…
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The Blend Down Monitoring System (BDMS) is used to continually assess the down-blending of highly enriched uranium (HEU) with low-enriched…
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As the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Additional Protocol is adopted, an effective screening tool for measuring the fissile content…
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The majority of non-nuclear-weapon states (NNWS) party to the NPT do not have significant inventories of nuclear material and have no…
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The proliferation of gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants poses an enormous threat to the nonproliferation regime. Attempts to limit…