Legal, institutional, and political issues in transportation of nuclear materials at the back end of the LWR nuclear fuel cycle

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6071961· OSTI ID:6071961

Lippek, H E; Schuller, C R

A study was conducted to identify major legal and institutional problems and issues in the transportation of spent fuel and associated processing wastes at the back end of the LWR nuclear fuel cycle. (Most of the discussion centers on the transportation of spent fuel, since this activity will involve virtually all of the legal and institutional problems likely to be encountered in moving waste materials, as well.) Actions or approaches that might be pursued to resolve the problems identified in the analysis are suggested. Two scenarios for the industrial-scale transportation of spent fuel and radioactive wastes, taken together, high-light most of the major problems and issues of a legal and institutional nature that are likely to arise: (1) utilizing the Allied General Nuclear Services (AGNS) facility at Barnwell, SC, as a temporary storage facility for spent fuel; and (2) utilizing AGNS for full-scale commercial reprocessing of spent LWR fuel.

• Research Organization: Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, Seattle, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-06-1830
• OSTI ID: 6071961
• Report Number(s): PNL-2457
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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