International Conference on the Management of Spent Fuel from Nuclear Power Reactors 2019: Learning from the Past, Enabling the Future

Session

Session 3.2

S3.2

28 Jun 2019, 11:00

Conveners

Session 3.2: Transportation in the back-end

• Jean-Pierre Carreton
• Jussi Heinonen (STUK)

177. International multi-modal transport of spent nuclear fuel through the example of research reactor spent fuel return programs

Anton Leshchenko

28/06/2019, 11:00

Track 3: Transportation in the back-end

Oral

The paper describes key engineering and logistical solutions for organization of international shipments of nuclear materials from research reactors. The evolution of transport equipment and routes is generalized, and the issues requiring harmonization of national requirements and procedures for the safe transport of the spent nuclear fuel are identified.

184. International Multi-Modal Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Test: The Transportation Test Triathlon

Sylvia Saltzstein (Sandia National Labs)

28/06/2019, 11:20

Track 3: Transportation in the back-end

Oral

Can Spent Nuclear Fuel withstand the shocks and vibrations experienced during normal conditions of transport? This question was the motivation for the multi-modal transportation test conducted in June-October 2017. In this project the US Department of Energy (DOE) (through Sandia National Laboratories and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) collaborated with the Equipos Nucleares SA, SME...

205. Evolution of transport regulations for spent fuel

Steven Whittingham (IAEA)

28/06/2019, 11:40

Track 3: Transportation in the back-end

Oral

196. INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS OF SENSITIVE NUCLEAR MATERIALS Experience of International Nuclear Services in safe and secure transport of sensitive nuclear materials across international borders

Mark Crowther (INS)

28/06/2019, 12:00

Track 3: Transportation in the back-end

Oral

International Nuclear Services (INS) and its majority-owned subsidiary Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd. (PNTL) have been carrying out transports of different categories of nuclear materials for well over forty years, travelling over five million miles without any nuclear or security incident.
This record has been achieved through significant and sustained investment in the capability of assets,...