Relative costs of transporting low-level waste according to four postulated regional-management cases

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5364692

Wilmot, E. L.; Shirley, C. G.

Results presented in this paper show that almost any compact binding states into cooperating regions for disposal of LLW will reduce nationwide transportation costs markedly. As a corollary, the reduction of costs may reflect a two- to four-fold reduction of transportation distances with consequent reduction of risk to the public since risk generally decreases directly as transport distances decrease.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5364692
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-1263C; TTC-0319; CONF-820919-1; ON: DE82017019
• Resource Relation: Conference: ANS workshop on LLW packaging and shipping, San Diego, CA, USA, 12 Sep 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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