Testing TRANSCOM: US Department of Energy's Radmat tracking system
A transportation tracking system has been developed by the Department of Energy (DOE) in response to three institutional concerns about shipments of large quantities of radioactive materials: routing, prenotification, and emergency response. This tracking system consists of a location system, a communication system with the carrier, and an information management system which appropriately distributes shipment information to DOE headquarters, field officers, and key state officials. The DOE prototype system developed for this purpose is called TRANSCOM. This paper presents some of all tests that have been performed to demonstrate that LORAN-C is acceptable as a location system for TRANSCOM, and that satellite communications techniques can provide timely results regarding location and communication with carrier vehicles. Three separate tracking tests have been performed to date: 3177 location data points were recorded during a cross-country test from Savannah River, SC to Idaho Falls, ID via Albuquerque, NM; 802 data points were recorded along the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha, NE to North Platte, NE; 4540 location data points, as well as 2636 satellite-transmitted locations and messages, were recorded on a trip from San Diego, CA; through Albuquerque, NM; Cheyenne, WY; Idaho Falls, ID; and back through Cheyenne to Chicago, IL. 3 refs., 11 figs., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); USDOE, Washington, DC; Systems Research and Applications Corp., Arlington, VA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6789367
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-880631-53; ON: DE89000521
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 29. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 26 Jun 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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