Programme Schedule

Timetable:

19th to 21st May 2015

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*Please note that the conference dinner will take place on the evening of the second day (20th May). For more information click here

 

Session Breakdown:

Session 1 Transport Operations
Session Chair: Gerry Holden

0930-0950

CONSORT Defueling and Transport of Research Reactor Fuel
Heather Phillips

0950-1010

Experience feedback from BAM safety assessment regarding package containment and quality management
Martin Neumann

1010 -1030

Determination of material parameters of damping concrete under dynamic loads
Robert Scheidemann

1030-1035

Q&A

Session 2  -  Package Performance and Testing
Session Chair: Anindya Sen

1100-1120

Combustion of wood encapsulated in steel sheets during fire test
Martin Feldkamp

1120-1140

Thermal Degradation of Neutron Shielding Material under Accident Conditions
Anthony Cory

1140-1200

Aspects of Gas Generation caused by residual Water inside ILW Packages
Marko Nehrig

1200-1220

Further research on cask impact limiters needed?
Eva Kasparek

1220-1225

Q&A

Session 3  -  Containment and Seals
Session Chair: Edmund Morgan-Warren

1330-1350

Determination of the Leak tightness of 205 litre drums and mode of failure
Gerry Holden

1350-1410

Investigation of Elastomer Seal Behaviour for Transport and Storage Packages
Matthias Jaunich

1410-1430

Consideration of Gaps between Content and Lid within Package Design Assessment
Frank Wille

1430-1450

Interaction between transport and storage for dual purpose cask of spent nuclear fuel
Toshiara Saegusa

1450-1455

Q&A

Session 4  -  Numerical Modelling and Analysis
Session Chair: Chi Fung Tso

1520-1540

CFD analysis of AGR spent fuel disposal container and long term prediction of its thermal behaviour and pressurization
Kevin Malone

1540-1600

Benchmarking FEA Codes for Stress Analysis of Drop Tests of Ductile Cast Iron Containers (DCICs)
Bob Vaughan

1600-1620

Strategies for Numerical Modelling of Metal Gaskets in Transport and Storage Casks
Uwe Zencker

1620-1640

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF ELASTOMERIC SEALS UNDER CONSIDERATION OF TIME DEPENDENT EFFECTS
Mike Weber

1640-1700

Where will it end? 30 years of FEA of transport packages’
Sean Duvall

1700-1705

Q&A

Session 5  -  Design and Development
Session Chair: Bernhard Droste

0900-0920

DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI--PURPOSE CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR THE STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL OF PWR SPENT FUEL IN THE UK
Conrad Izatt

0920-0940

Development Of A Type B(U)F  Package Design To Withstand Impact Loadings Arising From A High Mass Payload
Peter Purcell

0940-1000

Important aspects in design approval of special form radioactive material
Annette Rolle

1000-1005

Q&A

Session 6  -  Spent Fuel and Waste Transport
Session Chair: Peter Purcell

1030-1050

Safety Aspects of Dual and Multi-Purpose Casks for Radioactive Materials
Bernhard Droste

1050-1110

DEVELOPMENT OF DISPOSAL CONTAINER DESIGNS FOR DISPOSAL OF LEGACY HIGH LEVEL WASTE AND SPENT FUEL IN THE UK
Neil Carr

1110-1130

DESIGNING PACKAGES FOR STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL OF INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTE IN THE UK
Trevor Tait

1130-1150

Development of the RWM standard 500 litre drum stillage for interim storage, transport and disposal at a GDF
John Read

1150-1155

Q&A

Session 7  -  Fissile Materials and Criticality
Session Chair: TBA

1330-1350

Benefits Resulting from the Use of Multiple Water Barriers in the Criticality Assessment of Package Designs
Dominic Winstanley

1350-1410

Development of fissile package contents limits for intermediate level waste packages
Iain Phimister

1410-1430

Transport of Legacy Unirradiated MOX by Adapting Existing Packaging - A Criticality Viewpoint
Michelle Nuttall

1435-1500

Development of an application for approval of a design of material as fissile excepted
Iain Phimister

1500-1505

Q&A

Session 8  -  Safety and Security
Session Chair: Betty Bonnardel Azzarelli
Co-chair: Gerry Holden

 

1530-1550

Regional Networks for the Transport of Radioactive Material
Loris Rossi

1550-1610

Adopting outcome based security measures to a specialist Nuclear Transport Vessel, an insight from International Nuclear Services Ltd.
Ben Whittard

1610-1630

From chaos to calm in one injunction
Khalil Bukhari

1630-1650

The role of International Nuclear Services in Global Threat Reduction
Matt Fox

1650-1655

Q&A