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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Barlow, P. Donelan, C.F. Tso
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UK Nirex Ltd (Nirex) is owned by the major organisations in the UK nuclear industry. The company is responsible for developing and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D.B. Clauss, R.K. Wilson, M.J. Sagartz, E.R. Copus
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The U.S. Department of Energy ships nuclear explosives, nuclear components, and other special nuclear material in support of Defense…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F.H. Timpert, St. R. Halaszovich
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The newly developed F.H. Timpert freight-securing system is a reusable, elastic system consisting of support trays serving to secure drums…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Foggi, B. Hunt, M. Caviglia
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A method commonly used for determining the volume of liquids is based on the measurement of the pressure needed to maintain a steady air…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S.J. Bespalko, M.D. Van Meter, J.D. Smith
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Ship collision data were compiled and analyzed as part of a U.S. Department of Energy project (SeaRAM) to characterize the risk of shipping…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.B. Parks, D.J. Ammerman
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Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is studying the safety of shipping radioactive materials (RAM) by sea, the SeaRAM project (McConneJI et…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W.R. Rhyne
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Event trees are often used in transportation risk analyses to generate accident scenarios and to quantify the frequency of the scenarios.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T.F. Kempe
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In October 1994, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited submitted the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the Concept for Disposal of Canada's…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C.J. Pecover
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This paper will endeavour to introduce and briefly explore the IAEA's Safety Series No 112 \"Compliance Assurance for the Safe Transport of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles S. Johnson
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The verification of a video image has been a major problem for safeguard applications for a number of years. Various verification schemes…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. B. Sandoval
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The Treaty on Open Skies has very specific requirements as a confidence building measure, but it could also serve as a component of an SNM…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kenji Murakami, Svein Thorstensen
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The paper describes the user and technical specifications put forward by inspectors in order to fulfill the safeguards requirements…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.R. López Vietri, R.G. Novo
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The International Atomic Energy Agency's Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (IAEA 1990a) rule the international…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):V.L. Porter, D.J. Ammerman
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Sandia National Laboratories is involved in a safety assessment for the shipment of radioactive material by sea. One part of this study is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.D. Jones, Alan Sicherman
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DOE Order 5633.3B requires that nuclear material accountability (MA) systems provide for i) tracking material inventories, ii) documenting…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.A. Howell, J.A. Howell, C.A. Rodriguez, C.A. Rodriguez, H. Menlove, D.H. Beddingfield, D.H. Beddingfield, H.O. Menlove, A. Vasil, A. Vasil
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We have developed prototype software for a facility-monitoring application that will detect anomalous activity in a nuclear facility. The…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Y.Y. Liu, J.S. Tang
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The Beneficial Uses Shipping System (BUSS) is a Type-B packaging developed for shipping nonfissile, special-form radioactive materials to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.S. Ludwigsen, D.J. Ammerman
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An important aspect of radioactive material transportation risk assessments is the amount of release from packages subjected to accidents…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rena Whiteson, Tresa Yarbro, Lisa Spanks, Janet Zirkle
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An important component of the national mission of reducing the nuclear danger includes accurate recording of the processing and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Nagayama, T. Tominaga, T. Ide, O. Kadota
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Neutron-shielding material for the spent-fuel cask is required for good heat-resistivity and mechanical strength as structural members in…