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Automated Box/Drum Waste Assay (252Cf Shuffler) Through the Material Access and Accountability Boundary
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S.C Bourret, E. Chris Horley, P. Polk, C.M. Schneider, R.V. Studley, C. Bjork
Abstract:
For the first time, a shuffler waste-assay system has been made a part of the material access and accountability boundary (MAAB). A 252Cf…
Automated System for Accountability Process Tanks
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen H. Holt
Abstract:
PAPER NOT AVAILABLE ABSTRACT: An automated tank monitoring system has been installed in a Plutonium processing plant at the Savannah River…
Automated Test System for Remote Badge Readers'
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James P. Holmes, Taivas DeGroff
Abstract:
This document describes an automated, data acquisition system designed to test the performance of remote badge readers. These readers…
Automating Large-Scale LEMUF Calculations
Type:JNMM
Volume:20
Issue:3
Author(s):R.R. Picard
Abstract:
To better understand material unaccounted for (MUFs) and, in some cases, to comply with formal regulatory requirements, many facilities…
Basic tests on 48Y-Cylinder for Integrity Evaluation
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Wataru, S. Ozaki, S. Kobayashi, Y. Gomi, A. Kosaki, Hidetsugu Yamakawa, H. Fujiwara
Abstract:
The present IAEA regulations for transport have not yet required fire resistance (800~,30min) for packagings for natural uranium-…
Behaviour of Elastomeric Seals at Low Temperature
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):H.-P Weise, H. Kowalewsky, R. Wenz
Abstract:
The properties of elastomer 0-ring seals (Viton, silicone rubber, EPDM) at low temperature have been investigated by measuring the gas…
Brittle Fracture Safety for Transporation Packages
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Larry E. Fischer, Martin W. Schwartz
Abstract:
This paper describes the development of the brittle fracture criteria selected for use in Regulatory Guide (R.G.) 7.12, \"Fracture…
Brittle Fracture Tests at Low Temperature for Transport Cask Materials*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Akio Kosaki, Chihiro Ito, Toshiari Saegusa, Taku Arai
Abstract:
The lAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material were revised in 1985, and brittle fracture assessment at low…
Burnup Credit Applications in a High-Capacity Truck Cask*
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jack Boshoven
Abstract:
General Atomics (GA) has designed two legal weight truck (LWT) casks, the GA-4 and GA-9, to carry four pressurized-water-reactor (PWR) and…
Burnup Credit Issues In Spent Fuel Transport
Type:JNMM
Volume:20
Issue:3
Author(s):Thomas L. Sanders, K. D. Seager, Ronald I. Ewing
Abstract:
Burnup credit has been successfully applied to spent fuel storage pools in the United States, resulting in increased capacity and…
BURNUP CREDIT ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE•
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. C. Brady, T. L. Sanders, K.D. Seager, William H. Lake
Abstract:
Reliance on the reduced reactivity of spent fuel for criticality control during transportation and storage is referred to as bumup credit.…
Burnup Verification Measurements for Spent Nuclear Fuel
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.I. Ewing
Abstract:
The U.S. Department of Energy is presently scheduled to begin transport of spent fuel from utility reactor sites to a federal storage…
Calorimetry Servo Control Evaluation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Walter W. Rodenburg, J.A. McDaniels
Abstract:
Heat flow calorimeters have been used at Mound for over forty years to assay quantities of radioactive materials. To reduce assay times…
Capability and Limitation Study of the DDT Passive-active Neutron Waste Assay Device
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.L. Coop, R.J. Estep, N. J. Nicholas
Abstract:
The differential-dieaway-technique (DDT) passive- active neutron assay system is widely used by transuranic waste generators to certify…
CAVIS-2 and CARES: Systems for Computer-aided Video Recording and Reviewing in Multi-camera Applications
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. J. Mol, E. Bettendroffer
Abstract:
CAVIS-2 is the second generation of Computer Aided Video Surveillance systems developed at the JRC Ispra for the programmed, multiplexed…
Cerenkov Viewing Device Training for IAEA Inspectors: A Joint Effort Among Three Safeguards Support Programmes in Cooperation with the IAEA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Vodrazka, Anita Nilsson, Alexandre Ossipov, J. F. Brauneisen, J. Dennis Chen, Arja Tanninen
Abstract:
The Cerenkov Viewing Device (CVD) is a relatively nonintrusive instrument used to verify storage-pool inventories of spent fuel from light-…
Certification Test for Safety of New Fuel Transportation Package
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Aritomi, O. Sugawa, M. Suga
Abstract:
According to the recent development of nuclear energy in Japan, the transportation of various radioactive materials will be ever increasing…
Challenge Inspections in Arms Control Treaties: Any Lessons for Strengthening NPT Verification?
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jack Allentuck
Abstract:
Recent revelations of an ongoing and sophisticated nuclear weapons development program in Iraq have lead to suggestions for strengthening…
Characterization and Propagation of Uncertainties Associated with Holdup Measurements at Rocky Flats
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis R. Weier, Gregory Sheppard, Frank W. Lamb, J. Bruce Glick, Randy Boan
Abstract:
EG&G Rocky Flats, Inc. has an ongoing campaign to measure plutonium holdup in the glovebox exhaust ducts. Up to the present time, the…
Characterization of the Back-End Wastes in View of their Transportation
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. MALESYS
Abstract:
The designer of a packaging has to face two main problems: to fulfill the goal set forth by the user and to meet the safety requirement…