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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):V.I. Dudai, A.D. Kovtun, V.Z. Mateev, A.I. Morenko, V.M. Nilulin, V.I. Shapovalov, V.A. Yakushev, V.S. Bobrovsky, V.V. Rozhkov, A.M. Agapov, A.S. Kolesnikov
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Every year in Russia, a large amount of domestic and international transportation of fresh nuclear fuel (FNF) used in Russian and foreign…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Zarucki, D Hurt, Andre Lagattu, Shoko Iso
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Random interim inspections (RIIs) are very important inspection measures under integrated safeguards. Field trials in Japan were carried…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ronny Perez-Kretschmer, Karl Klein
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n order to achieve higher heat dissipation, the outer surface area of the transport and storage cask for radioactive material is increased…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.V. Bychkov, O.V. Skiba, D.A. Bobrov, A.F. Grachyov
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The one of options for disposition of military plutonium include technological approaches based on pyrochemical conversion of Pu-Ga alloy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hanna E. Makaruk, Robert M. Owczarek
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The paper by Currie [1] is used as a standard reference in the Los Alamos National Laboratory TRU waste management program (currently known…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald M. Keyser, Timothy R. Twomey
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Recent advances in germanium crystal growth and detector construction techniques have made possible p-type germanium detectors with both…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joel A. Carter, Susan M. Hayes, Jang Soo Shin, J.M. Whitaker, D. C. Glasgow, Il-Jin Park
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Delayed neutron activation analysis (DNAA) combines neutron activation and delayed neutron counting, forming a powerful, mature scientific…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Wenzel Brücher, Marina Röwekamp, Volker Kunze
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The thermal environment of a hypothetical large indoor hydrocarbon pool fire is more complex compared to outdoor fires and can be more…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Bernstein, N. S. Bowden, C. Hagmann, J. Lund, J. Batteux, J.S. Brennan, C. M. Greaves, C.D. Winant
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The Safeguards AntiNeutrino Detector System (SANDS), a joint Sandia National Laboratories and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Danny Powell, K.N. Castleberry, Taner Uckan, Josè March-Leuba, Joe Glaser
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In this paper, a detailed design description and the performance characteristics are presented for the gamma ray detector system developed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John T. Mihalczo, Sara Pozzi, John S. Neal
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The measurements presented in this paper show how passive time-correlation measurements with three scintillation detectors can be used to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Caroline Mollat du Jourdin, Daniel LACROIX
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Safety of our packages and operations is our first concern to ensure protection for people and the environment. Environmental impact…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian G. Horn, Peter Dessaules, Michelle K. Romano
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The new system for accounting for foreign obligated nuclear material in the United States started October 1, 2003. The reporting guidelines…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.T.M. Brittinger, Michael E. Wangler
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Man has been using radioactive materials for more than a century in ever-increasing numbers and types of applications, making them…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Duc T. Vo
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The FRAM code (Fixed-energy Response-function Analysis with Multiple efficiency) was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. DOUCET, N. Comte, M. LANDRIEU, S. Zheng
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For more than 25 years, FRAMATOME ANP has been delivering fuel elements to various French and foreign NPP sites including Belgium, China,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. K. Halbig, Rohun Gholkar
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IAEA Safeguards systems must perform in challenging environments with many varied operational constraints. The ability to dynamically…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Thierry LALLEMANT, Luc MARIEN, Roland Wagner, Werner Jahreiss, Werner Jahreiss, Horst TSCHIESCHE
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The MX6 packaging developed by COGEMA LOGISTICS replaces the BWR SIEMENS packaging and SIEMENS III packaging for the transport of either…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Maurice Dallongeville, Jürgen WERLE, Gerard McCreesh
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BNFL Nuclear Sciences and Technology Services and COGEMA LOGISTICS started in the year 2000 a joint project known as FIP (Fuel Integrity…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Naoki Kumagai, Naoyuki Ishida, Masaya Ootsuka, Mamoru Kamoshida, Takeshi Hiranuma, Seigo Doumori, Tadahiro Hoshikawa, Masashi Shimizu, Jun Kashiwakura, Makoto Hayashi
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Hitachi has been developing dual-purpose metal casks for transport and storage of spent nuclear fuels. The Hitachi cask, HDP69B can store…