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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tsuyoshi Sampei, Yoshihiko Noguchi, Masahito Mori
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The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP) is the large scale reprocessing plant (maximum throughput: 8tPu/year or 800tU/year) [1]. Due to such…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Lisa Lee, Bill McEvoy, Robert Watkins, Bradley Loftin
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The Savannah River Site (SRS) Transportation Safety Document (TSD) demonstrates compliance to the safety basis requirements of DOE O 460.1D…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael R. Moore, Greg Phillips, Mason J. Rice, Frank L. Combs, Kimberly K. Anderson
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Vehicles are increasingly cyber-physical systems which depend on networked control units and sensors. Consequently, modern transportation…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Monika Risse, Wolfram Berky, M. Charlotte Bornhoeft
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A testing facility for qualification tests of measurement devices for radioactive and nuclear material was established at the Fraunhofer…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rodney Baltzer
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Deep Isolation has developed a patented technology designed for the purpose of disposing of nuclear waste in a safe, secure, and deep…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam Williams, Shannon Abbott
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Insider threat mitigation programs have historically focused on preventative and protective measures to mitigate insider threats (and…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph H. Dumont, Eamonn C. Murphy, Drew Geller, Tristan M. Karns, Timothy A. Stone, Paul H. Smith, Kwan-Soo Lee, Andrea Labouriau
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Plasticized suspension polyvinyl chloride (sPVC) bags are commonly used in combination with metal containers to transport and store nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michio Seya, Mitsuo Koizumi, Douglas C. Rodriguez, Fabiana Rossi, Kamel Abbas, Peter Schillebeeckx, Bent Pedersen, Tohn Takahashi, Jean-Michel Crochemore
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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission are continuing to develop the delayed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michio Seya, Mitsuo Koizumi, Douglas C. Rodriguez, Fabiana Rossi, Ton Takahashi
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To safeguard nuclear material at facilities like reprocessing plants, new active-interrogation nondestructive assay techniques are needed.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Franz Hilbert
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The design of the package shall take into account ageing mechanisms.”However, it can be anticipated that this simple sentence will have a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Steffen Komann, Viktor Ballheimer, Thomas Quercetti, Robert Scheidemann, Frank Wille
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For disposal of the research reactor of the Technical University Munich FRM II a new transport and storage cask design was under approval…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Thorsten Schönfelder, Lars Müller, Steffen Komann, Frank Wille
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A German package design approval certificate was recently issued for a dual purpose cask package design for encapsulated damaged spent…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul H. Smith, Timothy A. Stone, Reeves Kirk, Tristan Karns, Jude Oka, Douglas K. Veirs
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The DOE Manual, M441.1-1, Nuclear Material Packaging, provides detailed packaging requirements for protecting workers from exposure to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Trevor Tait, Mark Johnson, Jack Dingwall
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The Safkeg-HS 3977A package is a general-purpose container for the transport of non-fissile nuclides and limited quantities of fissile…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Sakalaukus, Nathan P. Barrett, Brian J. Koeppel
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The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is the design authority for a new Type B hazardous materials transportation package…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bradley Loftin, Mark Bowers
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The Savannah River National Laboratory Packaging Technology and Transportation Engineering organization, along with Oak Ridge National…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Paul \"Brad\" Shaw
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There are specific design details that can make a radioactive material package closure relatively easy to leak test quickly, economically,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Serge Gorlin, Russell Neely, Ian Mance, Jim Ring
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The transport of radioactive material is an activity that takes place outside of licensed facilities, and interfaces with several…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Heidi A. Smartt, Dennis Lee, John Ohlinger
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Sandia National Laboratories and BlackSky Geospatial Solutions Inc. are engaged in an exploratory effort to examine how the capabilities…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jason C. Bolles, Matthew R. Sternat, Shannon Abbott, Noelle Camp
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In 2014 Sandia National Laboratories developed a tabletop exercise to help students apply Nuclear Safety, Security, and Safeguards (3S)…