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More than half of material thefts reported to IAEA occurred during transport
The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that more than half of all thefts of nuclear and other radioactive material reported to the agency’s Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) since 1993 occurred during authorized transport, with the share rising to nearly 70 percent in the past decade. The ITDB covers incidents involving nuclear material, radioisotopes, and radioactively contaminated material.
T. J. Hurley, Jr., H. R. Fike, and G. F. O'Neill
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 12 | Number 3 | March 1962 | Pages 341-347
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE62-A28084
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Studies performed in the Process Development Pile of the Savannah River Laboratory have provided precise measurements of the material bucklings of a number of D2O-moderated lattices of natural uranium metal rods over an extended range of fuel assembly sizes and lattice pitches. The 1-in. uranium rods were clad with 0.032 in. of aluminum. Fuel assembly sizes varied from single rods to clusters of 3, 7, and 19 rods (0.09 to 1.81 kg U/cm) and lattice spacings from 7.00 to 21.00 in., covering a range of moderator-to-fuel volume ratios from 10.23 to 161.53. A few lattices were studied at different D2O purities, in loadings of different sizes, and in reflected loadings.