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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Daniel LACROIX, Pascal de BASTIANI
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The basic quality assurance requirements have to be completed by means that are oriented towards the quality of products; in COGEMA…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Beverungen, Reiner Laughter
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In Germany, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM, Berlin) acts as the competent authority for the approval of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.D. McElroy, S. Croft, B.M. Young, R. Venkataraman
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The Segmented Gamma Scanner (SGS) is a long established workhorse nondestructive assay instrument for drummed gamma emitting waste and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jae-Soo Ryu, Han-suk Ko
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The issues of the establishment of a state’s Design Basis Threat (DBT) have been the key elements of IAEA’s recommendations outlined in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Laurent Brissonneau, Alain Barbu, Jean-Louis Bocquet
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The CEA is presently studying a spent fuel container which has to insure the insulation of the radio-nucleides and the retrieval of the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ioana Daian, Ion Popescu, Vasile Simionov
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Cernavoda NPP is a five units (CANDU 600 MWe) power plant with one unit in operation. The underwater spent fuel storage facility was…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. Schwarz, H.-J. Fett, F. Lange
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Every year approximately 750.000 radioactive material packages (consumer goods excluded) are transported in Germany by all modes on land,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Naoteru Odano, Hiroyuki YANAGI
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Radiation safety for sea transport of radioactive material in Japan has been discussed based on records of the exposed dose of sea…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kohtaro UEKI, Kenji SASAKI
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In order to demonstrate the features of Monte Carlo method, in comparison with the two-dimensional discrete ordinates Sn method, detailed…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T.I. McSweeney, Steven J. Maheras, Steven B. Ross
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Over the last 25 years, one of the major issues raised regarding radioactive material transportation has been the risk of severe accidents…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.M. Simmons, David Mu, Reinhardt Bsumek
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We have developed a Process to treat radioactive matter so it is unable to further undergo radioactive decay. The significance of this to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John G. Vlahakis
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This paper extends an innovative approach that was developed to rank potential attractiveness, from a theft standpoint, of the Department…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Scott B. Ludwig, Paul T. Singley, R. D. Michelhaugh, Mark Hawk, Larry B. Shappert
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)’s history of testing of radioactive material packages dates back to the early 1960s, and includes the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter A. Booker, Ian Barnwell
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Since the beginning of the nuclear age in the 1940’s, the world has focused on the immense possibilities of nuclear power with both its…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James R. Griggs, W. Kilmartin, Mikhail K. Aturin
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The U.S. Nuclear Material Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) Program has been working with Russian agencies and ministries to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Rajesh Garg
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Canada is a major producer and shipper of radioactive material. Each year more than a million packages are transported in Canada. The…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. William L. Wilkinson
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The design and performance standards for packages used for the transport of nuclear fuel cycle materials, are defined in the IAEA…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.H. Beddingfield, T.J. Digby
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The Monju Fast Breeder Reactor is a fully safeguarded facility. A project has begun to implement remote monitoring of the existing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Araujo, Jim Regula
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Containment and surveillance measures are important components in safeguarding nuclear material and monitoring relevant activities…
Type:JNMM
Volume:33
Issue:1
Author(s):Charles Pietri
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We all encountered some challenges at this year’s annual meeting and also in the process leading up to its unveiling at the Renaissance…