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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroaki Taniuchi, Jun Shimojo
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For the skyshine calculation of transport and storage casks, it is not reasonable to use the detailed cask geometry as a source because of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.L. PERRIN, Ph. HUBERT, G. Sert
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Following a request of the French Defence Transport Safety Committee, consideration has been given to the activity content limits…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nikolay Isaev, Andrey S. Sviridov, Peter E. Vanier, Peter Zuhoski, Cynthia A. Salwen, Victor Chebykine
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In the early 1990’s, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) developed a prototype computer for non-intrusive measurements of sensitive items…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Sylvain Faille
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As of May 31, 2000, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), formerly the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB), was created and a new…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Takashi Miyazawa, Yuji Kasai, Masanori Aritomi
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The practical threshold for water leak-tightness of small leaks was determined by experimentation. Small leak samples were made and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Guardini, G. Pshakin, Robert Marshall, C. Mathews, V. Erastov, V. Gorshkov, V. Roudenko, A. Mozhayev, A. Savlov, Y. Leschenko
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The introduction of non-destructive assay (NDA) equipment to Russian nuclear facilities for material control and accounting applications…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.T. Lizot, G. Sert, M.L. PERRIN, K. B. Shaw, R. Gelde, J. S. Hughes, F. Lange, G. Schwarz, H.-J. Fett, R. Christ
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One of the major changes in the IAEA Transport Regulations (No. TS-R-1 (ST-1, Revised)) is the explicit requirement for the establishment…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):James H. Eide, Jennifer Biedscheid, Murthy Devarakonda, Mark Whittaker
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he volume of remote-handled (RH) transuranic (TRU) waste managed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is estimated to be 4,027.3 cubic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James R. Lemley, Peter E. Vanier, Leon Forman
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As further reductions in nuclear weapon stockpiles are planned, it becomes increasingly important to confirm with high confidence that…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas H. Prettyman, David J. Mercer, J. Steven Hansen, John P. Lestone, Larry Kayler
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A new skid-mounted tomographic gamma scanner (TGS) was designed to assist in the decommissioning of Rocky Flats Building 371. This…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Kawakami, S. Fujita, Y. Katsumura, Y. Sakata, H. Takatsuki
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It is advantageous to use liquid neutron shield for a spent fuel transportable storage cask, because of heat removal performance and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian G. Scott
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In order to determine if a statistically significant difference exists between shipper and receiver measurements, a statistical combination…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian G. Scott
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The application of game theory to the design of Material, Control and Accounting (MC&A) sampling plans is discussed. Game theory can be…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick Nelis, Keith Christie, Philip Simpkin, Les Gavin
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Baker Hughes INTEQ, a division of Baker Hughes Incorporated, provides drilling and associated services to the global oil and gas industry.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. E. Sampson, Teresa L. Cremers
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ARIES is a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fissile Material disposition project to demonstrate stateof- the-art methods for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Soo Hoo, David Ek, Terry Jenkin, Cris Price, Arvydas Stadkniklas
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In 1996, the International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) was established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Croft, R.J. Estep, B.M. Young, D. Martancik, S. Melton
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Canberra Industries and LANL have collaborated in designing a next generation Integrated Box Interrogation System, IBIS, to meet the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.S. Kraus, R.Michael White, N.R. Zack
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Since the mid-90’s, U.S. Government (USG) programs have struggled with obtaining access at foreign facilities. Requirements for access in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sung-Tack Shin
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Northeast Asia countries have experienced fast economic growth during the past few decades. With it, the level of energy consumption has…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):L. Harmon, M. Mann
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The world is indeed complex when it comes to the transportation of radioactive materials. In reality, a very high degree of safety has been…