Driving toward excellence in transportation and logistics operations and safety
- Office of Transportation, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
DoE's EM is the largest cleanup project in the world: 114 sites, 31 states, 2,000,000 acres. EM scope includes remediation, processing and transportation of approximately: 25 tons of plutonium, 108 tons of plutonium residues, 88 million gallons of radioactive liquid waste, 2,500 tons of spent nuclear fuel, 137,000 cubic meters of transuranic waste, 1.3 million cubic meters of low-level waste. This series of slides presents: the Rocky Flats Status, the Fernald Closure Project, the Mound/Miamisburg and Battelle Columbus statuses, the DUF{sub 6} (Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride) Conversion Project Overview, Conversion and Transport Logistics; DoE's EM Measures of Success and performance (transportation incident criteria); the application of technology to Enhance Motor Carrier Performance, Safety, and Emergency Preparedness (technological capabilities for DOE to improve driver performance, shipment safety, and emergency response); the Motor Carrier Tracking and Alert system; DOE Load Securement Field Guide and Checklist developed to ensure all shipments are secured prior to shipment; The transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) and outreach support; the EM Transportation Community Awareness and Emergency Response (TransCAER); and the Commodity Flow Survey data of Tennessee, Flagstaff, and Texas/Louisiana.
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21294618
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-09-WM-07027; TRN: US10V0022040808
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM'07: 2007 Waste Management Symposium - Global Accomplishments in Environmental and Radioactive Waste Management: Education and Opportunity for the Next Generation of Waste Management Professionals, Tucson, AZ (United States), 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2007; Other Information: Country of input: France
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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