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A bumup credit calculation methodology for PWR spent fuel transportation has been developed and validated in CEA/Saclay. To perform the…
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When Kernkraftwerk Gosgen (KKG}, Switzerland, specified its needs for a dual purpose cask for spent fuel assemblies, it had to solve a…
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relative severity of regulatory impacts onto an essentially rigid target to impacts at higher…
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We examined the accuracy and sensitivity levels for three variations on the TGS method: the original TGS method using a high-purity…
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One of the most difficult issues faced by negotiators of disarmament treaties is arranging for joint verification of extremely sensitive…
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In the 1980s, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated a project to develop a safe and efficient transportation system for defense…
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Laboratories whose mission focuses on the development of analytical protocols for the detection of materials considered to be signatures…
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A new approach has been devised in this work, to deal with the problem of finding puncture resistance of lead shielded shipping casks. This…
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The IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials require the consideration of temperatures of -40 °C for Type B package…
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A new neutron multiplicity counter has been designed, fabricated, characterized, and installed to assay impure plutonium metal buttons from…
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Facing the difficulties met in the United States to obtain a dw-able certificate of approval for the existing overpacks, COGEMA wished to…
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With the aim to transport fresh MOX fuel assemblies by air starting in 2001, COGEMA asked Transnucleaire to develop a global transportation…
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Constellation Technology Corporation has developed a small, self-contained gamma-ray intensity counter which is well suited for use in…
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This paper reviews the cooperative work planned and accomplished by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Russia/Newly Independent States (…
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A ship-to-ship collision probability in transiting Suez Canal has been studied using the theoretical safety approach and an analytical…
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Nuclear waste assay is becoming one of the most important issues in the fields of safeguards and waste management and disposal. Waste drums…
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The U.S. Department ofTransportation (DOT) and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission {NRC) have jointly prepared a comprehensive set of…
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Field experience with the tomographic gamma scanner to assay nuclear material suggests that the analysis techniques can significantly…
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Low Level Waste packages are transported from each Japanese nuclear power plants to Rok:kasho-Mura by exclusive ship. These packages are…
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The radiological risks of transporting radioactive materials can be determined using probability safety assessment (PSA) techniques and has…