Published December 1983 | Version v1
Report

Criticality control of packagings designed for nuclear spent fuel

  • 1. Transnucleaire S.A., Paris, France

Description

The IAEA Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials require that transport packagings shall be safe from criticality in any foreseeable circumstances during the life time and that spent LWR fuel assemblies shall be regarded as unirradiated. Additionally, the effeciency of built-in neutron absorbers shall be checked before first use and at maintenance periods. Methods proposed for those controls are described and discussed

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
PATRAM '83: 7th international symposium on packaging and transportation of radioactive materials. Proceedings. Volume 2
Journal Page Range
p. 1433-1439.
Report number
CONF-830528--Vol.2

Conference

Title
7. international symposium on packaging and transportation of radioactive materials.
Dates
15-20 May 1983.
Place
New Orleans, LA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15064447
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING; S42: ENGINEERING; S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CASKS; CRITICALITY; NEUTRON ABSORBERS; VERIFICATION
Descriptors DEC
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