Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation: An Examination of Potential Lessons Learned From Prior Shipping Campaigns

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/911651· OSTI ID:911651

Keister, Marsha; McBride, Kathryn

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), as amended, assigned the Department of Energy (DOE) responsibility for developing and managing a Federal system for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW). The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible for accepting, transporting, and disposing of SNF and HLW at the Yucca Mountain repository in a manner that protects public health, safety, and the environment; enhances national and energy security; and merits public confidence. OCRWM faces a near-term challenge—to develop and demonstrate a transportation system that will sustain safe and efficient shipments of SNF and HLW to a repository. To better inform and improve its current planning, OCRWM has extensively reviewed plans and other documents related to past high-visibility shipping campaigns of SNF and other radioactive materials within the United States. This report summarizes the results of this review and, where appropriate, lessons learned.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - RW
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID13727
• OSTI ID: 911651
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT-06-11223
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
Lessons Learned
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS
PLANNING
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SAFETY
SECURITY
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SPENT FUELS
Spent Nuclear Fuel
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
YUCCA MOUNTAIN