Transportation needs assessment: Emergency response section

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/140780· OSTI ID:140780

The transportation impacts of moving high level nuclear waste (HLNW) to a repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada are of concern to the residents of the State as well as to the residents of other states through which the nuclear wastes might be transported. The projected volume of the waste suggests that shipments will occur on a daily basis for some period of time. This will increase the risk of accidents, including a catastrophic incident. Furthermore, as the likelihood of repository construction and operation and waste shipments increase, so will the attention given by the national media. This document is not to be construed as a willingness to accept the HLNW repository on the part of the State. Rather it is an initial step in ensuring that the safety and well-being of Nevada residents and visitors and the State`s economy will be adequately addressed in federal decision-making pertaining to the transportation of HLNW into and across Nevada for disposal in the proposed repository. The Preferred Transportation System Needs Assessment identifies critical system design elements and technical and social issues that must be considered in conducting a comprehensive transportation impact analysis. Development of the needs assessment and the impact analysis is especially complex because of the absence of information and experience with shipping HLNW and because of the ``low probability, high consequence`` aspect of the transportation risk.

• Research Organization: Nevada Nuclear Waste Project Office, Carson City, NV (United States); Mountain West Research, Las Vegas, NV (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG08-85NV10461
• OSTI ID: 140780
• Report Number(s): NWPO-TN-002-89; ON: DE92017709; TRN: 92:027928
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: May 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
EMERGENCY PLANS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
NEVADA
RISK ASSESSMENT
PLANNING
MANAGEMENT
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
SAFETY
LAND TRANSPORT
REGULATIONS
CASKS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
OPERATION
Yucca Mountain Project