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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carlos Lopez, Douglas J. Ammerman
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In the certification process, packages used for the transportation of large quantities of radioactive materials must be shown to survive a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Chris Fry, Bob Vaughan
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The SAFESHIELD 2999A is a general purpose container, designed by Croft Associates, for transporting small volumes of radioactive materials…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Peter E. Vanier, Leon Forman
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A nondestructive technique is described that can be applied to materials in sealed containers and that will provide confidence that the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew R. Feldman
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In the United States, the requirements for the Hypothetical Accident Conditions (HAC) Thermal Test are presented in 10 CFR 71.73 (c)(4) and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Günter Wieser, Linan Qiao, Arno Eberle, Holger Völzke
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The analysis of complex bolted cask lid structures under mechanical or thermal accident conditions is important for the evaluation of cask…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):John Read, Sarah Owen, Chi-Fung Tso
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This paper summarizes the authors’ findings, during carrying out many package tie-down assessments, regarding the approach to the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ephraim Asculai
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As the IAEA Director-General recently noted, “the present nuclear-arms-control regime is looking battered”. Several parties to the NPT were…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Relf Price, Patricia Blount
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The Safeguards and Security (S&S) Requirements Integration Team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has developed and implemented…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martha C. Williams, Thmoas N. Pham
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Traditional material control and accounting (MC&A) safeguards programs rely on periodic physical inventory as the primary means of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hervé Issard, Régis ANDRE
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Three main types of elastomers are used for the sealing of radioactive material transport casks with elastomeric gaskets : EPDM,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L.O. Ticknor, Michael Baker, Tom Burr, Benny Martinez, Caroline M. Boyle, Paul Felsher, Mitch Frank, Geralyn Hemphill
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All DOE sites that process special nuclear material (SNM) are required to periodically compute and evaluate inventory differences (IDs).…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fred Schultz, Randy M. Walker, Dudley B. Pinson
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation and Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jon Jenkins, Tony Gaffka, Steve Withers
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AEA Technology uses the Transactive-20 container to transport large quantities of intermediate level waste (ILW). The container was…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marsha Keister
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Implementing adequate institutional programs and validating preparedness for emergency response to radioactive materials transportation…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Henry-Jacques NEAU, M. Hartenstein
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Today, public opinion, local actors, organizations and associations are expecting a transparent information on nuclear activities. The fact…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. Brennecke, Ch. Fasten, F. Nitsche
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The safe transport of spent fuel from nuclear power plants in Germany is ensured by compliance with the dangerous goods transport…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kenichi Hakozak, Ryutaro Wada
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Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KSL) and Transnuclear Tokyo (TNT) have jointly developed a new waste management system concept (called “Inner packaging…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ichiro NOMURA, I. NOMURA, Tohru FUJIWARA, Philippe NAIGEON
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Since the Tokai criticality accident in 1999, there has been no specialized manufacturer conducting uranium re-conversion in Japan. For…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Werner Sigmund, Ernst Kölpin
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Nuclear generation has become over the last 4 decades a vital part of Germany's energetic fundament and is contributing to roughly one…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Pascal Chollet, Anne Presta
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At the entrance of the nuclear fuel cycle, the front-end material transportation takes a major and specific place. After years of stability…