scholarly journals A regulatory analysis on emergency preparedness for fuel cycle and other radioactive material licensees: Final report

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. McGuire
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Regulatory Analysis

scholarly journals NSR&D Program Fiscal Year 2015 Funded Research Stochastic Modeling of Radioactive Material Releases Final Report

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason P. Andrus ◽  
Chad Pope ◽  
Mary Toston ◽  
Andrew Maas
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Modeling ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Funded Research

A coupled thermal-drop impact analysis-based safety assessment of radioactive material cask

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Liu ◽  
Shun-Peng Zhu ◽  
Zheng-Yong Yu ◽  
Ran Ding
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Safety Assessment ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Drop Impact ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fire Accidents

Purpose Transport is an integral part of the nuclear fuel cycle. The procedures employed are designed and conducted to ensure the public and environment protection both routinely and when transport accidents occur. According to this, the purpose of this paper is to focus on a coupled thermal-drop impact analysis-based safety assessment of a nuclear fuel cask. Design/methodology/approach For the cask, high altitude falling and fire accidents are the two most serious accidents during its transportation. In this paper, a sequentially coupled thermal-drop impact analysis is performed by using a nuclear fuel cask model for safety assessment. High altitude falling and fire accidents of the nuclear fuel cask were conducted by using finite element simulations for coupled thermal-drop impact analysis. Findings Results showed that the cask can withstand a drop test and survive a fire of 800°C for 30 minutes. In addition, an improved design is explored and evaluated, which provides a reference for structural design and safety assessment of nuclear fuel casks. Originality/value A coupled thermal-drop impact analysis-based safety assessment procedure is developed for the nuclear fuel cask.

Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program, Used Fuel Disposition Campaign Objective, Mission, Plans, and Activity Status

2010 ◽  
Vol 1265 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Mark Nutt ◽  
Mark Peters ◽  
Peter Swift ◽  
Kevin McMahon ◽  
Ken Sorenson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽  
The United States ◽  
Radioactive Material ◽  
Fundamental Aspect ◽  
Geologic Repository ◽  
Used Nuclear Fuel

AbstractThe safe management and disposition of used nuclear fuel and/or high level nuclear waste is a fundamental aspect of the nuclear fuel cycle. The United States currently utilizes a once-through fuel cycle where used nuclear fuel is stored on-site in either wet pools or in dry storage systems with ultimate disposal in a deep mined geologic repository envisioned. However, a decision not to use the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository will result in longer interim storage at reactor sites than previously planned. In addition, alternatives to the once-through fuel cycle are being considered and a variety of options are being explored under the U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program.These two factors lead to the need to develop a credible strategy for managing radioactive wastes from any future nuclear fuel cycle in order to provide acceptable disposition pathways for all wastes regardless of transmutation system technology, fuel reprocessing scheme(s), and/or the selected fuel cycle. These disposition paths will involve both the storing of radioactive material for some period of time and the ultimate disposal of radioactive waste.To address the challenges associated with waste management, the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy established the Used Fuel Disposition Campaign within its Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program in the summer of 2009. The mission of the Used Fuel Disposition Campaign is to identify alternatives and conduct scientific research and technology development to enable storage and disposal of used nuclear fuel and wastes generated by existing and future nuclear fuel cycles. The near-and long-term objectives of the Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program and it's Used Fuel Disposition Campaign are presented.

Evaluating Campus Safety Messages at 99 Public Universities in 2010

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
John W. Barbrey
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Campus Safety ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
State Crime ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Crime Commission ◽  
K 12 ◽  
The U.S

In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education published an Action Guide for Emergency Management at Institutions of Higher Education (U.S. Department of Education, 2009). In 2006, the Virginia State Crime Commission issued a prescient “Final Report: Study on Campus Safety (HJR 122)” regarding Virginia’s colleges and universities (Virginia State Crime Commission, 2006). Gray (2009) provided results from a “Columbine 10-Year Anniversary Survey”, which reviewed recent campus safety improvements of 435 K-12 and university respondents. From the three documents, prescribed campus safety activities were identified that could be consistently found in the stated programs and policies on university websites. Of these activities, 18 separate criteria upon which a university’s online emergency preparedness/safety/security messages could be evaluated through content analysis were conceptualized (coding: 1= school has criterion, 0= does not), to estimate the quality of the overall preparedness message of each institution in the small sample (n = 99) of universities, representing all 50 states in 2010.

scholarly journals Disaster resilient village-based approach to disaster risk reduction policy in Indonesia: A regulatory analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saru Arifin ◽  
Sonny S. Wicaksono ◽  
Slamet Sumarto ◽  
Martitah Martitah ◽  
Dewi Sulistianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Regulatory Analysis ◽  
The Village

This article will address the disaster resilience village (DRV) approach as a disaster preparedness method in Indonesia. This scheme became operational in 2012, exactly 5 years after disaster management legislation was passed in 2007. This DRV strategy is a component of the central government’s decentralisation of disaster management to local governments. Using a method of doctrinal legal review, this study argues that the DRV approach to disaster preparedness at the village level is inefficient. That is because the village apparatus is the central player in this DRV, but residents of disaster-prone areas are regarded as an afterthought when it comes to disaster management. Consequently, efforts to strengthen emergency preparedness for residents in disaster-prone areas will be harmed. As a result, it is unsurprising that whenever a disaster occurs in Indonesia, the death toll and damage to property remain high. This is because people who live in disaster-prone areas lack a framework for transforming knowledge and scientific experience with disasters. In addition, this DRV strategy opposes previous disaster experts’ community-based and transformative approaches. However, direct field research on communities living in disaster-prone areas is needed to obtain empirical evidence of the DRV approach’s shortcomings.

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