The environmental assessment of nuclear materials disposition options: A transportation perspective
The US Department of Energy has undertaken a program to evaluate and select options for the long-term storage and disposition of fissile materials declared surplus to defense needs as a result of the end of the Cold War. The transport of surplus fissile material will be an important and highly visible aspect of the environmental impact studies and other planning documents required for implementation of the disposition options. This report defines the roles and requirements for transportation of fissile materials in the program, and discusses an existing methodology for determining the environmental impact in terms of risk. While it will be some time before specific alternatives are chosen that will permit the completion of detailed risk calculations, the analytical models for performing the probabilistic risk assessments already exist with much of the supporting data related to the transportation system. This report summarizes the various types of data required and identifies sources for that data.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 78580
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-94-2418C; CONF-950936-1; ON: DE95011886; TRN: 95:016254
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Special meeting on the peaceful disposition of weapons-grade nuclear materials, Berlin (Germany), 3-9 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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