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New ASTM Nuclear Fuel Cycle Standard Provides Guidelines for Gathering Physical and Rheological DataObtaining data from the measurement and calculation of physical and rheological properties of radioactive solutions, slurries and sludges is essential in developing appropriate simulants for the design and testing of retrieval, transport, mixing and storage systems for treating radioactive materials. A new ASTM International standard provides guidelines for gathering this data. ASTM C1752 , Guide…
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New Section of Website Collects ASTM Nuclear-Related Work in a Single Source ASTM International standards play an important role throughout the nuclear energy industry. In order to tie together the nuclear-related activity being conducted across its committees, ASTM has added a nuclear portal to its website ( www.astm.org ). The portal, which gathers together all of ASTM’s standards developing…
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Halon 1211 is employed in hand-held fire extinguishers on civilian aircraft. A new ASTM International standard will be used to test Halon 1211 to ensure that the product will provide the required level of fire protection and is free of harmful impurities that could affect its safety in use. ASTM D7673 , Specification for Halon 1211, Bromochlorodifluoromethane (CF2BrCl), was developed by…, ASTM Committee D26 Next Meeting:, June 15, 2011, June Committee Week, Anaheim, Calif., Technical Contact:, Mark L. Robin, DuPont Fluoroproducts, Wilmington, Del., Phone: 302-999-5002; mark.l.robin@usa.dupont.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Christine DeJong, Phone: 610-832-9736; cdejong@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #8791
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Invented in the early 1990s, the tomographic gamma scanner is used in the nondestructive assay of radioactive waste contained in drums or cans. In the last 10 years, TGS technology has been industrialized, with systems operating in South Korea, the United States and Europe. A new ASTM International test provides users with a means of streamlining TGS procedures and practices, and it will be…
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ASTM International has published a new American National Standard, ASTM E2659 , Standard Practice for Certificate Programs. This standard provides much-needed guidance to certificate issuers on how to develop a quality certificate program and to consumers on how to identify such a program. In addition, the standard is designed to serve as the benchmark of quality for industry accreditation of…
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Producers of fluorocarbons are invited to join in the ongoing standards developing activities of ASTM International Committee D26 on Halogenated Organic Solvents and Fire Extinguishing Agents. The committee has recently approved a new standard, ASTM D7509 , Specification for Fluorocarbon Feedstock Grade Chloroform, under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee D26.08 on Halogenated Organics Used as…
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All interested parties are invited to attend the first meeting of ASTM International Subcommittee E36.30 on Personnel Certificate Programs on June 23 at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center in Denver, Colo. The new subcommittee is part of ASTM International Committee E36 on Laboratory and Inspection Agency Accreditation, which will be meeting in Denver June 23-24. ASTM Subcommittee E36.30 will…
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In response to requests from fuel producers around the world, ASTM International Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel Cycle has developed a standard for using the total evaporation method to determine uranium or plutonium composition. The new standard, C 1672 , Test Method for Determination of Uranium or Plutonium Isotopic Composition or Concentration by the Total Evaporation Method Using a Thermal…
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Finding ways to assure the quality and safe handling of fire extinguishing agents has led to the development of two new ASTM International standards, D 7323 , Practice for Handling, Transportation and Storage of IG-100 (Nitrogen), and D 7325 , Practice for Handling, Transportation and Storage of IG-541, N2, Ar, CO2. The new standards were developed by Subcommittee D26.09 on Fire Extinguishing…
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Neutron absorbers have been used for criticality control in spent nuclear fuel pools and in spent fuel transportation casks for decades. However, since the late 1980s, as spent fuel storage pools have been filled, utilities have transferred spent fuel into dry dual-purpose (storage/transportation) canisters. The neutron absorbers used in dual-purpose canisters are subjected to different operating…