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Safeguards on Nuclear Waste
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David W. Crawford
Abstract:
Safeguards and security policies within the Department of Energy (DOE) have been implemented in a graded fashion for the protection,…
Safety Adviser for Hazardous Materials: A Way To Improve Safety
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Klaus Ridder
Abstract:
Hazardous matcnals carnage m Europe IS governed by complicated regulations However. what good arc the best regulations 1fthey arc not being…
Safety Analysis Aspects of CASTOR V Spent-Fuel Transport and Storage Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H. Stelzer, Rudolf Diersch, G. Dreier, N. Ulrich
Abstract:
GNB Gesellschaft fur Nuklear Behalter mbH has a long-term experience in developing casks for the transport and storage of spent-fuel…
Safety of the Package of Natural UF6 Under Fire Conditions·
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Wataru, A. Kosaki, O. Katoh, H. Fujiwara, Jun NOBE
Abstract:
In the IAEA's Transport Regulations of 1996, it is planned that a thermal test requirement is imposed on packages shipping natural uranium…
Scale-up and Leaktightness
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Giuseppe Forasassi, A. Orsini, B. Rapone
Abstract:
Many years ago ENEA and the University of Pisa developed a research program to design a fissile material transport packaging manufactured…
Sea RAM: An Evaluation of the Safety of RAM Transport by Sea·
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul McConnell, Ken B. Sorenson, M.H. Carter, M. P. Keane, V.F. Keith, R.J. Heid
Abstract:
Sea RAM is a multi-year Department of Energy (DOE) project designed to validate the safety of shipping radioactive materials (RAM) by sea.…
Sea Transport of Plutonium by the Akatsuki Maru
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Kubo, H. Matsushima, T. Kitamura, T. Ito
Abstract:
The dedicated plutonium transport ship Akatsuki-Maru which left Cherbourg port in France in November. 1992 and then sailed down the…
SECURE SURVEILLANCE VIDEOTAPES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kaluba Chitumbo, Susan Pepper, W. M. Resnik, S. P. Kadner
Abstract:
With assistance from the U. S. Program for Technical Assistance to IAEA Safeguards (POTAS), Aquila Technologies Group developed the Tamper-…
Shielding Characteristics of Neutron-Shielding Materials in a Cask Structure
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Ueki, A. Ohashi, N. Nariyama, S. Hode, Takatoshi Hattori, S. Nagayama, T. Fujita, K. Hattori, Y. Anayama
Abstract:
Many shielding experiments and analyses have been reported on the shielding effect of materials, and some benchmark or mock-up experiments…
Shipment Mobility/Accountability Collection (SMAC)\"
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.E. Best, C.R. Hamberger, R.J. Maddigan, M.F. Moerchen, P.B. Lester, L. B. Shappert
Abstract:
SMAC is the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) information system that collects, stores, and analyzes information on all unclassified…
Shipments of Teletherapy Units From Hospitals to Disposal by Special Arrangement
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G. Palmieri, S. Trivelloni
Abstract:
The Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (RAM) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Series No.6 (…
Small Gas Leakage Rate Measuring and Monitoring System
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ryoji ASANO, M. Aritomi, M. Matsuzaki, T. Kawa, Mitsuo Matsumoto
Abstract:
A sealing function of transport and/or storage casks of radioactive materials such as spent fuels is essential to prevent radioactive…
SPENT FUEL AND RESIDUE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTATION AT THE SELLAFIELD NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING FACILITY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Peter A Clark, Andrew S. Cheslerman
Abstract:
The Sellafield reprocessing plant receives and reprocesses several thousand tonnes of spent light water reactor (LWR), advanced gas cooled…
SPENT FUEL INTEGRITY DURING DRY STORAGE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mikal A. McKinnon
Abstract:
Information on spent fuel integrity is of interest in evaluating the impact of long-term dry storage on the behavior of spent fuel rods.…
Spent Fuel Management in the Former Soviet Union and the Eastern European Countries
Type:JNMM
Volume:23
Issue:3
Author(s):F. Takats
Abstract:
There is a total of 66 nuclear power plant units in the former Soviet Union and eastern European countries, with a generating capacity of…
SPENT FUEL STORAGE PROGRESS WITH MODULAR VAULT DRY STORAGE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. C. F. Bower
Abstract:
The principles on which the Modular Vault Dry Store (MVDS) technology is based now date back a quarter of a century. The original dry store…
Square Arrayed Cask Design Charts for the Transportation of EK-10 Type Spent-Fuel Elements
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ensherah E. M. Ahmed, F.A. Rahman, G.F. Sultan, E.E. Khalil
Abstract:
Both the suitable design pitch at which t he spent-fuel elements are stowed in a square arrayed dry cask to be transported for a ce rtain t…
Static Stress Analysis on the Large Capacity Thin-Wall UF6 Storage Cylinder Intended To Be Used in Transport*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C.K. Chung, J.L. Frazier, D.K. Kelley
Abstract:
Large diameter ( 48-inch) cylinders are used for the storage and transport of depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6). This DUF6 is the…
STATISTICAL METHODS FOR DETECTING LOSS OF MATERIALS USING NRTA DATA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Ai, I. Kadokura, K. Fujimaki, Alton Coulter, Tom Burr, Amie Hakkila
Abstract:
We selected eight sequential statistical tests and studied their performance on near-real-time-accounting (NRTA) data that is nominally…
STRAIGHT-LINE A NUCLEAR MATERIAL STORAGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis Mangan, Curt Nilsen
Abstract:
Sandia National Laboratories is developing Straight-Line — a pilot system to demonstrate comprehensive monitoring of nuclear material in…