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
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CONSORT Defueling and Transport of Research Reactor Fuel Heather Phillips
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0950-1010
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Experience feedback from BAM safety assessment regarding package containment and quality management Martin Neumann
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1010 -1030
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Determination of material parameters of damping concrete under dynamic loads Robert Scheidemann
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1030-1035
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Q&A
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Session 2 - Package Performance and Testing
Session Chair: Anindya Sen
1100-1120
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Combustion of wood encapsulated in steel sheets during fire test Martin Feldkamp
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1120-1140
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Thermal Degradation of Neutron Shielding Material under Accident Conditions Anthony Cory
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1140-1200
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Aspects of Gas Generation caused by residual Water inside ILW Packages Marko Nehrig
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1200-1220
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Further research on cask impact limiters needed? Eva Kasparek
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1220-1225
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Q&A
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Session 3 - Containment and Seals
Session Chair: Edmund Morgan-Warren
1330-1350
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Determination of the Leak tightness of 205 litre drums and mode of failure Gerry Holden
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1350-1410
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Investigation of Elastomer Seal Behaviour for Transport and Storage Packages Matthias Jaunich
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1410-1430
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Consideration of Gaps between Content and Lid within Package Design Assessment Frank Wille
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1430-1450
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Interaction between transport and storage for dual purpose cask of spent nuclear fuel Toshiara Saegusa
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1450-1455
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Q&A
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Session 4 - Numerical Modelling and Analysis
Session Chair: Chi Fung Tso
1520-1540
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CFD analysis of AGR spent fuel disposal container and long term prediction of its thermal behaviour and pressurization Kevin Malone
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1540-1600
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Benchmarking FEA Codes for Stress Analysis of Drop Tests of Ductile Cast Iron Containers (DCICs) Bob Vaughan
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1600-1620
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Strategies for Numerical Modelling of Metal Gaskets in Transport and Storage Casks Uwe Zencker
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1620-1640
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NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE BEHAVIOUR OF ELASTOMERIC SEALS UNDER CONSIDERATION OF TIME DEPENDENT EFFECTS Mike Weber
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1640-1700
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Where will it end? 30 years of FEA of transport packages’ Sean Duvall
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1700-1705
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Q&A
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Session 5 - Design and Development
Session Chair: Bernhard Droste
0900-0920
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DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI--PURPOSE CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR THE STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL OF PWR SPENT FUEL IN THE UK Conrad Izatt
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0920-0940
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Development Of A Type B(U)F Package Design To Withstand Impact Loadings Arising From A High Mass Payload Peter Purcell
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0940-1000
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Important aspects in design approval of special form radioactive material Annette Rolle
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1000-1005
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Q&A
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Session 6 - Spent Fuel and Waste Transport
Session Chair: Peter Purcell
1030-1050
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Safety Aspects of Dual and Multi-Purpose Casks for Radioactive Materials Bernhard Droste
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1050-1110
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DEVELOPMENT OF DISPOSAL CONTAINER DESIGNS FOR DISPOSAL OF LEGACY HIGH LEVEL WASTE AND SPENT FUEL IN THE UK Neil Carr
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1110-1130
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DESIGNING PACKAGES FOR STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL OF INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTE IN THE UK Trevor Tait
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1130-1150
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Development of the RWM standard 500 litre drum stillage for interim storage, transport and disposal at a GDF John Read
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1150-1155
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Q&A
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Session 7 - Fissile Materials and Criticality
Session Chair: TBA
1330-1350
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Benefits Resulting from the Use of Multiple Water Barriers in the Criticality Assessment of Package Designs Dominic Winstanley
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1350-1410
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Development of fissile package contents limits for intermediate level waste packages Iain Phimister
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1410-1430
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Transport of Legacy Unirradiated MOX by Adapting Existing Packaging - A Criticality Viewpoint Michelle Nuttall
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1435-1500
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Development of an application for approval of a design of material as fissile excepted Iain Phimister
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1500-1505
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Q&A
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Session 8 - Safety and Security
Session Chair: Betty Bonnardel Azzarelli
Co-chair: Gerry Holden
1530-1550
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Regional Networks for the Transport of Radioactive Material Loris Rossi
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1550-1610
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Adopting outcome based security measures to a specialist Nuclear Transport Vessel, an insight from International Nuclear Services Ltd. Ben Whittard
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1610-1630
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From chaos to calm in one injunction Khalil Bukhari
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1630-1650
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The role of International Nuclear Services in Global Threat Reduction Matt Fox
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1650-1655
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Q&A
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