Recent Developments in Fissile Material Exemptions for Shipping Packages

Conference · Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:557342

Sheaffer, Michael K. ^[1]; Liu, Yung Y. ^[1]; Wangler, Michael E. ^[2]; Keeton, Stewart C. ^[1]; Fischer, Larry E. ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
2. US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States)

This paper discusses the regulatory exemptions for shipping packages that contain limited amounts of fissile material and concerns that have arisen over the adequacy of these regulations. The results of an ongoing review of these exemptions by the various regulatory agencies will be presented in the session.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 557342
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-125465; CONF-970926-6; ON: DE97051954; TRN: 98:002260
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) Topical Meeting on Criticality Safety Challenges in the Next Decade, Operations, Training, and Regulatory Issues, Chelan, WA (United States), 7-11 Sep 1997; Other Information: PBD: 15 Oct 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
FISSILE MATERIALS
PACKAGING RULES
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Fissile Material
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)