Historical overview of domestic spent nuclear fuel shipments in the United States

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7149155

Pope, R B; Wankerl, M W ^[1]; Hamberger, C R; Schmid, S P ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. Science Applications International Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The information in this paper summarizes historical data on spent nuclear fuel shipments in the United States (US) from the period from 1964 to 1991. Information on shipments has been developed to establish a basis for developing a transportation system in the US for initiating shipments of spent nuclear fuel beginning in 1998. The paper shows that approximately 2700 power reactor spent nuclear fuel rail and truck casks have been shipped within the US during the past 28 years. In total, approximately 2000 metric tonnes of uranium (MTU) have been shipped to date, which compares with projected shipping rates of from 3000 to greater than 6000 MM per year when the US Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System is in full operation.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7149155
• Report Number(s): CONF-920905-21; ON: DE92041303
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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