Going the Distance?: The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States

Transportation Research Board and National Research Council

doi:10.17226/11538

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Going the Distance?

The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States

(2006)

This new report from the National Research Council's Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) and the Transportation Research Board reviews the risks and technical and societal concerns for the transport of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States. Shipments are expected to increase as the U.S. Department of Energy opens a repository for spent fuel and high-level waste at Yucca Mountain, and the commercial nuclear industry considers constructing a facility in Utah for temporary storage of spent fuel from some of its nuclear waste plants. The report concludes that there are no fundamental technical barriers to the safe transport of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive and the radiological risks of transport are well understood and generally low. However, there are a number of challenges that must be addressed before large-quantity shipping programs can be implemented successfully. Among these are managing "social" risks. The report does not provide an examination of the security of shipments against malevolent acts but recommends that such an examination be carried out.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Transportation Research Board; Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board; Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste

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Transportation Research Board and National Research Council. 2006. Going the Distance?: The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/11538.

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354 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Hardcover: 978-0-309-10004-5
Ebook: 978-0-309-16482-5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/11538

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-6
Summary of Findings and Recommendations	7-24
1 Introduction	25-54
2 Transportation Package Safety	55-108
3 Transportation Risk	109-182
4 Transport of Research Reactor Spent Fuel to Interim Storage	183-211
5 Improving Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Transportation in the United States	212-272
References	273-286
APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	287-293
APPENDIX B List of Presentations Received at Committee Meetings	294-300
APPENDIX C Federal Repository Transportation System	301-321
APPENDIX D Glossary	322-335
APPENDIX E Acronyms	336-340

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