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Type-D Drum Packages
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W.S. Edwards
Abstract:
The Type B Drum package is a container in which a single drum containing Type B quantities of radioactive material will be packaged for…
U.S. Department of Energy Takes New Approaches in Waste Issues
Type:JNMM
Volume:23
Issue:3
Author(s):Daniel A. Dreyfus
Abstract:
Last year, I attended your meeting and outlined some of the actions we would be taking to reblue the Civilian Radioactive Waste…
ULTRASONIC METHODS FOR LOCATING HOLD-UP
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chad T. Olinger, Dipen N. Sinha
Abstract:
Hold-up remains one of the major contributing factors to unaccounted for materials and can be a costly problem in decontamination and…
Unique Aspects Associated Witb tbe Design and Certification of a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator Transportation Package
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Robert A. Johnson, P.C. Ferrell
Abstract:
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) are used as power or heat sources for space applications such as the Cassini Mission…
UNITED STATES-RUSSIA EXCHANGE VISITS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. J. Desmond, H. R. Martin
Abstract:
The Department of Energy, under a government-to—government program, hosted the first visit with the Russian Federation to exchange…
Upgrading TRANSCOM: A Tracking and Communications System for Radioactive Material Shipments
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):W.J. Reich, K.S. Boes, I.G. Harrison, D.S. Joy, V.W. Schultze, N.A. Thomas, J.W. Grubb
Abstract:
The U.S. Department ofEnergy (DOE) has developed a transportation tracking and communications system that is used for selected unclassified…
US-RUSSIAN LABORATORY-TO-LABORATORY COOPERATION IN NUCLEAR MATERIALS PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald Augustson, Rebecca Horton, Walter Kato, Wayne Ruhter, Mark Mullen, Clyde Layne, Leslie Fishbone, Robert Sorenson, Kate Baur
Abstract:
Under the guidance of the Department of Energy (DOE), six DOE laboratories have initiated a new program of cooperation with the Russian…
US/RUSSIAN LABORATORY-TO-LABORATORY MPC&A AT THE RRC KURCHATOV INSTITUTE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald Augustson, James D. Williams, Wayne Ruhter, Bruce Erkkila, Susan Voss, Vladimir Sukhoruchkin, Edward A. Kern, Leslie Fishbone, Robert Sorenson, James Griggs, N.D. Bondarev, Larry Predika, Jack Blasy, Greg Davis, Barry Siskind
Abstract:
Formal interactions with the Kurchatov Institute (KI) began in the summer of 1994 on the topic of material protection, control and…
Use of Boron in Structural Materials for Transport Packagings
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):V. Roland, H. Issard
Abstract:
The use of borated materials for criticality control is a well-proven technique in the lield of spent-fuel transport packagings. Because…
USE OF THE E. T. BROOKS 'MULTI-LOK' FOR MATERIAL SAFEGUARDS AT THE Y-12 PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cathy D. Key
Abstract:
The Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant has begun using the E. J. Brooks Multi-Lok as the replacement of the cup seal. The cup seal in previous years of…
Use of Type-B Packages for Transporting LSA Waste
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. Potelle, P. Dybeck, A. Laumond
Abstract:
Paragraph 422 of IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (Safety series n°6, 1985 Edition As amended 1990)…
USE OF WHOLE TANK WEIGHING TO ACCOUNT FOR PLU - TONIUM IN THE THERMAL OXIDE REPROCESSING PLANT AT SELLAFIELD
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Phillips, Fiona McLean
Abstract:
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Using Depleted Uranium To Shield Vitrified High-Level Waste Packages
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H.R. Yoshimura, P.D. Gildea, E.A. Bernard
Abstract:
For more than 50 years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has been enriching uranium for commercial nuclear fuel and defense purposes.…
Verification of RADTRAN
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):F. L. Kanipe, K. S. Neuhauser
Abstract:
The RADTRAN computer code calculates risk estimates for radioactive materials transportation by highway, rail, air, and waterborne modes.…
VERSATILE NEUTRON NDA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. DeVolpi
Abstract:
Non-destructive analysis (NDA) of bulk samples is a major tool in international safeguards and domestic MC&A. Yet, enhancements are…
Vitrification of Simulated Medium- and High-Level Canadian Nuclear Waste in a Continuous Transferred Arc Plasma Melter
Type:JNMM
Volume:24
Issue:1
Author(s):R.J. Munz, G.Q. Chen
Abstract:
A continuous, laboratory-scale, 40-kw, transferred arc plasma melter was designed and built for the vitrification of nuclear waste.…
Vulnerability Assessment of Passive Tamper-Indicating Seals
Type:JNMM
Volume:23
Issue:4
Author(s):Roger G. Johnston, Anthony R.E. Garcia, W. Kevin Grace
Abstract:
We examined 79 different passive, tamper-indicating seals. A number of these are in use, or under consideration, for nuclear security,…
VXIbus DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM - A DESIGN STUDY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Swinhoe, W. Lewis, R. Arlt, B. Richter, U. Hacker
Abstract:
The German support program has sponsored the work to investigate the VXIbus [1] as integration platform for safeguards instrumentation.…
WASTE CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITIES AT THE LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Patrick Roberson, Jerry J. Haskins
Abstract:
Radioactive and hazardous wastes are generated at many national laboratories, military sites, fuel fabrication and enrichment plants,…
Weapons Dismantlement Issues in Independent Ukraine
Type:JNMM
Volume:23
Issue:2
Author(s):Neil R. Zack, Elizabeth J. Kirk
Abstract:
The American Association for the Advancement of Science sponsored a seminar during September 1993 in Kiev, Ukraine, titled, "Towarda…