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Foreign experience on effects of extended dry storage on the integrity of spent nuclear fuel

Description: This report summarizes the results of a survey of foreign experience in dry storage of spent fuel from nuclear power reactors that was carried out for the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM). The report reviews the mechanisms for degradation of spent fuel cladding and fuel materials in dry storage, identifies the status and plans of world-wide experience and applications, and documents the available information on the expected long-term integr… more
Date: April 1, 1992
Creator: Schneider, K.J. & Mitchell, S.J.
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The US Liquid Metal Reactor Development Program

Description: The US Liquid Metal Reactor Development Program has been restructured to take advantage of the opportunity today to carry out R and D on truly advanced reactor technology. The program gives particular emphasis to improvements to reactor safety. The new directions are based on the technology of the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR). Much of the basis for superior safety performance using IFR technology has been experimentally verified and aggressive programs continue in EBR-II and TREAT. Progress has … more
Date: January 1, 1988
Creator: Till, C.E.; Arnold, W.H. & Griffith, J.D.
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Worldwide low-level waste disposal practices

Description: Low-level waste disposal practices will be described for ten or more countries. These practices will be compared with expectations for disposal designs for low-level waste regional compacts in the US.
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Towler, O A
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Summary of national and international radioactive waste management programs (excluding United States)

Description: This report is divided into two parts. Various national fuel cycle and waste management programs are summarized in tabular form in the first part. The second part of the report gives a nation-by-nation overview of fuel cycle and waste management technologies. Brief summaries on the activities of several international organizations are included. (LK)
Date: March 1, 1978
Creator: Harmon, K.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Initial multi-national study of future energy systems and impacts of some evolving technologies

Description: Participants from thirteen member nations of the International Energy Agency and the Commission of European Communities have been conducting cooperative energy systems analyses, the goal of which is to evaluate the possible impacts of new and conservation technologies. Such studies are intended to provide analytical bases to aid future decisions on cooperative research and development projects. In the initial studies, a quantitative description of the 1974 energy system has been prepared for ea… more
Date: March 25, 1977
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International efforts to reduce occupational radiation exposure at nuclear power plants

Description: The efficacy of various national programs on dose reduction is examined with a view to evaluating the most significant factors that help in reducing occupational exposure. Among the most successful of the dose reduction programs at water reactors are those of France, Sweden, and Canada where average annual plant doses are significantly less than the dose at US plants. Important research is also going on in other countries such as the UK, West Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. Some programs are d… more
Date: January 1, 1986
Creator: Khan, T.A. & Baum, J.W.
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Survey of waste package designs for disposal of high-level waste/spent fuel in selected foreign countries

Description: This report presents the results of a survey of the waste package strategies for seven western countries with active nuclear power programs that are pursuing disposal of spent nuclear fuel or high-level wastes in deep geologic rock formations. Information, current as of January 1989, is given on the leading waste package concepts for Belgium, Canada, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. All but two of the countries surveyed (France and the UK) have d… more
Date: September 1, 1989
Creator: Schneider, K.J.; Lakey, L.T. & Silviera, D.J.
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International linear collider reference design report

Description: The International Linear Collider will give physicists a new cosmic doorway to explore energy regimes beyond the reach of today's accelerators. A proposed electron-positron collider, the ILC will complement the Large Hadron Collider, a proton-proton collider at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, together unlocking some of the deepest mysteries in the universe. With LHC discoveries pointing the way, the ILC -- a true precision machine -- will provide the miss… more
Date: June 22, 2007
Creator: Aarons, G.
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International Collaboration on CO2 Sequestration

Description: On December 4, 1997, the US Department of Energy (USDOE), the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization of Japan (NEDO), and the Norwegian Research Council (NRC) entered into a Project Agreement for International Collaboration on CO{sub 2} Ocean Sequestration. Government organizations from Japan, Canada, and Australia, and a Swiss/Swedish engineering firm later joined the agreement, which outlined a research strategy for ocean carbon sequestration via direct injection. The m… more
Date: June 30, 2007
Creator: Israelsson, Peter H. & Adams, E. Eric
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Summary of foreign HTGR programs

Description: This report contains pertinent information on the status, objectives, budgets, major projects and facilities, as well as user, industrial and governmental organizations involved in major foreign gas-cooled thermal reactor programs. This is the second issue of this document (the first was issued in March 1979). The format has been revised to consolidate material according to country. These sections are followed by the foreign HTGR program index which serves as a quick reference to some of the ma… more
Date: June 1, 1980
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of non-US national and international radioactive waste management programs 1980

Description: Many nations and international agencies are working to develop improved technology and industrial capability for nuclear fuel cycle and waste management operations. The effort in some countries is limited to research in university laboratories on treating low-level waste from reactor plant operations. In other countries, national nuclear research institutes are engaged in major programs in all phases of the fuel cycle and waste management, and there is a national effort to commercialize fuel cy… more
Date: March 1, 1980
Creator: Harmon, K. M.; Kelman, J. A.; Stout, L. A. & Hsieh, K. A.
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International fuel cycle and waste management technology exchange activities sponsored by the United States Department of Energy: FY 1982 evaluation report

Description: In FY 1982, DOE and DOE contractor personnel attended 40 international symposia and conferences on fuel reprocessing and waste management subjects. The treatment of high-level waste was the topic most often covered in the visits, with geologic disposal and general waste management also being covered in numerous visits. Topics discussed less frequently inlcude TRU/LLW treatment, airborne waste treatment, D and D, spent fuel handling, and transportation. The benefits accuring to the US from techn… more
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Lakey, L.T. & Harmon, K.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Present and future nuclear power generation as a reflection of individual countries' resources and objectives

Description: The nuclear reactor industry has been in a state of decline for more than a decade in most of the world. The reasons are numerous and often unique to the energy situation of individual countries. Two commonly cited issues influence decisions relating to construction of reactors: costs and the need, or lack thereof, for additional generating capacity. Public concern has ''politicized'' the nuclear industry in many non-communist countries, causing a profound effect on the economics of the option.… more
Date: June 26, 1987
Creator: Borg, I.Y.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Management of low-level radioactive wastes around the world

Description: This paper reviews the status of various practices used throughout the world for managing low-level radioactive wastes. Most of the information in this review was obtained through the DOE-sponsored International Program Support Office (IPSO) activities at Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) at Richland, Washington. The objective of IPSO is to collect, evaluate, and disseminate information on international waste management and nuclear fuel cycle activities. The center's sources of information var… more
Date: April 1, 1985
Creator: Lakey, L.T.; Harmon, K.M. & Colombo, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Fact Book. Revision 5

Description: This Fact Book has been compiled in an effort to provide: (1) an overview of worldwide nuclear power and fuel cycle programs; and (2) current data concerning fuel cycle and waste management facilities, R and D programs, and key personnel in countries other than the United States. Additional information on each country's program is available in the International Source Book: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research and Development, PNL-2478, Rev. 2. The Fact Book is organized as follows: (1) Overview section… more
Date: January 1, 1985
Creator: Harmon, K.M.; Lakey, L.T.; Leigh, I.W. & Jeffs, A.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International nuclear fuel cycle fact book. Revision 6

Description: The International Fuel Cycle Fact Book has been compiled in an effort to provide (1) an overview of worldwide nuclear power and fuel cycle programs and (2) current data concerning fuel cycle and waste management facilities, R and D programs and key personnel. Additional information on each country's program is available in the International Source Book: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research and Development, PNL-2478, Rev. 2.
Date: January 1, 1986
Creator: Harmon, K.M.; Lakey, L.T.; Leigh, I.W. & Jeffs, A.G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of national and international radioactive waste management programs

Description: This report summarizes information collected on the status of fuel cycle and waste management programs in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Democratic Republic of Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and USSR. This compilation attempts to provide current information as of the end of January 1979.
Date: March 1, 1979
Creator: Harmon, K.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of Foreign Travel of F. Plasil. August 1990

Description: The traveler spent eleven intense days at CERN, Switzerland. His time was divided between daytime, when he worked mainly on L* issues, and evenings/nights, when he performed shift work during the current run of the WA80 collaboration. It was decided to reduce the size and cost of the proposed L* experiment. Strategy for SSC subsystem proposals was discussed, and several relevant decisions were made.
Date: September 10, 1990
Creator: Plasil, F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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(The 1990 run of the WA80 experiment)

Description: The traveler spent six weeks at CERN participating in the 1990 run of the WA80 experiment. The traveler concentrated on trigger electronics for the first two weeks and on operation of the experiment for much of the next four. New electronics designed at ORNL for reading out the new BGO spectrometer were tested with the BGO in beam. Improvements were made, in collaboration with the ORNL engineers who designed the electronics. Plans were made for constructing the electronics in large quantities. … more
Date: September 18, 1990
Creator: Young, G. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Geothermal pilot study final report: creating an international geothermal energy community

Description: The Geothermal Pilot Study under the auspices of the Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS) was established in 1973 to apply an action-oriented approach to international geothermal research and development, taking advantage of the established channels of governmental communication provided by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Pilot Study was composed of five substudies. They included: computer-based information systems; direct application of geothermal energy; res… more
Date: June 1, 1978
Creator: Bresee, J.C.; Yen, W.W.S. & Metzler, J.E. (eds.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Fact Book

Description: As the US Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractors have become increasingly involved with other nations in nuclear fuel cycle and waste management cooperative activities, a need has developed for a ready source of information concerning foreign fuel cycle programs, facilities, and personnel. This Fact Book was compiled to meet that need. The information contained in the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Fact Book has been obtained from many unclassified sources: nuclear trade journals and … more
Date: January 1990
Creator: Leigh, I. W. & Mitchell, S. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Summary of non-US national and international fuel cycle and radioactive waste management programs 1982

Description: Brief program overviews of fuel cycle, spent fuel, and waste management activities in the following countries are provided: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, German Federal Republic, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, USSR, and the United Kingdom. International nonproliferation activities, multilateral agreements and projects, and the international agencie… more
Date: August 1, 1982
Creator: Harmon, K. M. & Kelman, J. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Numerical modeling of gas migration at a proposed repository for low and intermediate level nuclear wastes at Oberbauenstock, Switzerland

Description: Hydrologic impacts of corrosive gas release from a hypothetical L/ILW nuclear waste repository at Oberbauenstock are explored by means of numerical simulation. A schematic two dimensional vertical section through the mountain is modeled with the simulator TOUGH, which describes two-phase flow of water and gas in porous and fractured media. Two reference cases are considered which represent the formations as a porous and as a fractured-porous (dual permeability) medium, respectively. Both cases … more
Date: March 1, 1990
Creator: Pruess, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prematurely terminated slug tests

Description: A solution of the well response to a prematurely terminated slug test (PTST) is presented. The advantages of a PTST over conventional slug tests are discussed. A systematized procedure of a PTST is proposed, where a slug test is terminated in the midpoint of the flow point, and the subsequent shut-in data is recorded and analyzed. This method requires a downhole shut-in device and a pressure transducer, which is no more than the conventional deep-well slug testing. As opposed to slug tests, whi… more
Date: July 1, 1990
Creator: Karasaki, K. (Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA))
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