PATRAM-2013, San Francisco, USA, 18-23 August, 2013

M.E. Budu, S.N. Komarov, S.V. Komarov (Sosny R&D Company, Russia), S.D. Moses (ORNL, USA), E.N. Lazarev (Volga-Dnepr Airlines, Russia)

PATRAM-2013, San Francisco, USA, 18-23 August, 2013

INTRODUCTION The nuclear power and civil aviation industries have in common a lot of approaches and aspects with due regard to safety: common safety culture approaches, similar quality assurance systems, same safety goals of operation without any incidents harmful to the population. For example, in the nuclear world, according to Nuclear...

S. Komarov, S. Kashkirov (Sosny R&D Company, Russia), Nguyen Nhi Dien (DNRI, Vietnam), Stanley D. Moses (ORNL, USA)

PATRAM-2013, August 18-23, 2013, San Francisco, USA

INTRODUCTION Dalat is located in the south of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 1500 km from Hanoi and 300 km from Ho Chi Minh City. This is the home place for Dalat Nuclear Research Institute (DNRI), where in 1963 the U.S. General Atomics constructed the 250-kW TRIGA Mark II research reactor....

A. Dorofeev, A. Ivashchenko, S. Komarov, S. Komarov, O. Barinkov

PATRAM-2013, August 18-23, 2013, San Francisco, USA

INTRODUCTION The spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of the research reactors (RR), constructed with assistance of the USSR in some European, Asian and African countries, is returned to the Russian Federation under the International RRRFR Program. The main objective of the RRRFR Program is to minimize the risks of nuclear-weapons proliferation and...

S. Komarov, A. Ivashkin, D. Derganov, O. Savina (Sosny R&D Company, Russia), A. Chernyshov, V. Shapovalov, A. Morenko, O. Alekseyev, L. Barabenkova, O. Amelicheva (RFNC-VNIIEF, Sarov, Russia), S. D. Moses (ORNL, USA)

PATRAM-2013, August 18-23, 2013, San Francisco, USA

INTRODUCTION For a considerable time, nuclear industry specialists from many countries have been wondering: Is air transport of spent nuclear fuel an opportunity for safer transport or just extra risk? What is air shipment - good or evil, safety or danger? Air shipment of spent nuclear fuel always had and will...

A. Detkina, O. Barinkov, A. Dorofeev, M. Orlov, S. Semenovykh, A. Tselishchev (Sosny R&D Company, Russia), A. Stroganov, A. Kuryndin, A. Shapovalov (SEC NRS, Russia)

PATRAM-2013, August 18-23, 2013, San Francisco, USA

This paper presents the results of assessment of radiation risk to the personnel and public for scheduled shipment of the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) of EGP-6 Reactor Facility (RF) from Bilibino NPP to Mayak PA for reprocessing on completion of the Bilibino NPP operation in 2019. The radiation risks under...

M.E. Budu, D.V. Derganov, O.A. Savina, S.V. Komarov (Sosny R&D Company, Russia), S.D. Moses (ORNL, USA)

PATRAM-2013, August 18-23, 2013, San Francisco, USA

EVOLUTION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR AIR SHIPMENT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS The main actor marking the evolution of the requirements for air shipments of radioactive materials was the necessity to ship plutonium either for military programs or as MOX fuel in civil programs. The early editions of the IAEA’s Regulations for the Safe...

S. Komarov, A. Ivashchenko, A. Samsonov, S. Amosov (Sosny R&D Company, Russia), John Kelly, Pablo Adelfang, Ed Bradley, Sandor Tozser (IAEA, Austria), Radojica Pesic, Obrad Sotic (Vinca, Serbia)

PATRAM-2013, August 18-23, 2013, San Francisco, USA

In 1950s, a heavy-water research RA reactor was built to the soviet design on the site of the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences situated near Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. The reactor was shut down in the mid 80s; and since the Serbian government did not intend to operate it...