United States Department of Energy Automated Transportation Management System

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10123061

Portsmouth, J H

At the US Department of Energy (DOE) 80 transportation facilities, each contractor`s transportation management operation has different internal and site specific procedures, and reports to a DOE regional Field Office Traffic Manager (FOTM). The DOE Transportation Management Program (TMP) has the responsibility to manage a transportation program for safe, efficient, and economical transportation of DOE-owned materials. The TMP develops and administers transportation/traffic operations management policies and programs for materials; including radioactive materials, other hazardous materials, hazardous substances, and hazardous wastes, pursuant to applicable federal regulations, such as the Code of Federal Register, Sections 40 and 49. Transportation management has become an increasingly critical primarily because of transportation issues regarding the shipment of radioactive materials and hazardous wastes that are frequently the focus of public concerns. A large shipments and requiring millions of business transactions necessitates the establishment of automated systems, programs, procedures, and controls to ensure that the transportation management process in being handled in a safe, efficient, and economical manner. As the mission of many DOE facilities changes from production of special nuclear materials for defense purposes to environmental restoration and waste management, the role of transportation management will become even more important to the safe and efficient movement of waste materials to prescribed locations. In support of this role, the Automated Transportation Management System (ATMS) was conceived to assist the DOE and its contractors in the performance of their day-to-day transportation management activities. The ATMS utilizes the latest in technology and will supply state-of-the-art automated transportation management for current and future DOE transportation requirements.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 10123061
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-1407; CONF-911114-5; ON: DE92008083
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13. annual DOE low-level waste management conference,Atlanta, GA (United States),19-21 Nov 1991; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
TRANSPORT
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
US DOE
A CODES
INVOICES
VEHICLES
EMERGENCY PLANS
INVENTORIES
H CODES
PLANNING
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
320200
990200
990100
990301
TRANSPORTATION
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS
DATA HANDLING