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Title

  • Main Title Department of Energy Spent Fuel Shipping Campaigns: Comparisons of Transportation Plans and Lessons Learned

Creator

  • Author: Holm, Judith A.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Thrower, Alex W.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Antizzo, Karen
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: US Department of Energy (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: WM Symposia, Inc.
    Place of Publication: Tucson, Arizona
    Additional Info: WM Symposia, Inc., P.O. Box 13023, Tucson, AZ 85732-3023
  • Name: National Transportation Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque, New Mexico
    Place of Publication: United States
  • Name: Office of Transportation, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
    Place of Publication: United States
  • Name: Science Applications International Corporation
    Place of Publication: Germantown, Maryland

Date

  • Creation: 2003-02-27

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Over the last 30 years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has successfully and safely transported shipments of spent nuclear fuel over America's highways and railroads. During that time, an exemplary safety record has been established with no identifiable fatalities, injuries, or environmental damage caused by the radioactive nature of the shipments. This paper evaluates some rail and truck shipping campaigns, planning processes, and selected transportation plans to identify lessons learned in terms of planning and programmatic activities. The intent of this evaluation is to document best practices from current processes and previous plans for DOE programs preparing or considering future plans. DOE's National Transportation Program (NTP) reviewed 13 plans, beginning with core debris shipments from Three Mile Island to current, ongoing fuel campaigns. This paper describes lessons learned in the areas of: emergency planning, planning information, security, shipment prenotification, emergency notification/response, terrorism/sabotage risk, and recovery and cleanup, as well as routing, security, carrier/driver requirements, transportation operational contingencies, tracking, inspections and safe parking.
  • Physical Description: 20 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Waste Management
  • Keyword: Spent Fuels
  • STI Subject Categories: 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials
  • Keyword: Planning
  • Keyword: Nuclear Fuels
  • Keyword: Safety
  • Keyword: Islands
  • STI Subject Categories: 12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities
  • Keyword: Routing
  • Keyword: Security
  • Keyword: Injuries
  • Keyword: Evaluation

Source

  • Conference: Waste Management 2003 Symposium, Tucson, AZ (US), 02/23/2003--02/27/2003

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 826204
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc788239
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