Public information circular for shipments of irradiated reactor fuel

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/369136· OSTI ID:369136

This circular provides information on shipment of spent fuel subject to regulation by US NRC. It provides a brief description of spent fuel shipment safety and safeguards requirement of general interest, a summary of data for 1979-1995 highway and railway shipments, and a listing, by State, of recent highway and railway shipment routes. The enclosed route information reflects specific NRC approvals that have been granted in response to requests for shipments of spent fuel. This publication does not constitute authority for carriers or other persons to use the routes described to ship spent fuel, other categories of nuclear waste, or other materials.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 369136
• Report Number(s): NUREG--0725-Rev.11; ON: TI96013828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
LAND TRANSPORT
SAFEGUARDS
SAFETY
SPENT FUELS
TRANSPORT REGULATIONS
US NRC