International MNSR Training Center in Ghana Provides HEU Removal Expertise

Bolshinsky, Igor; Dewes, John; Gaines, Kris; Browning, Debbie

Title: International MNSR Training Center in Ghana Provides HEU Removal Expertise

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Building on our years of cooperation, the United States and Ghana worked together to construct the International MNSR Training Center (IMTC) at the National Nuclear Research Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (NNRI/GAEC) in Accra, Ghana. Here, the IMTC was used for training operators in Ghana to discharge the reactor’s HEU core, load it into a shielded transportation cask, and secure the cask for transport. Moving forward, the IMTC will be used to train personnel from the remaining countries with MNSRs to conduct these operations.

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Bolshinsky, Igor ^[1]; Dewes, John ^[2]; Gaines, Kris ^[3]; Browning, Debbie ^[3]

Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1558490

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: DNN Sentinel

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 9999-0032

Publisher:: USDOE NNSA

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES

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  title        = {International MNSR Training Center in Ghana Provides HEU Removal Expertise},

  author       = {Bolshinsky, Igor and Dewes, John and Gaines, Kris and Browning, Debbie},

  abstractNote = {Building on our years of cooperation, the United States and Ghana worked together to construct the International MNSR Training Center (IMTC) at the National Nuclear Research Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (NNRI/GAEC) in Accra, Ghana. Here, the IMTC was used for training operators in Ghana to discharge the reactor’s HEU core, load it into a shielded transportation cask, and secure the cask for transport. Moving forward, the IMTC will be used to train personnel from the remaining countries with MNSRs to conduct these operations.},

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  journal      = {DNN Sentinel},

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