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

National Research Council; Transportation Research Board; Nuclear And Radiation Studies Board; Committee On Transportation Of Radioactive Waste

 
9780309100045: Going the Distance?: The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0309100046 ISBN 13: 9780309100045
Publisher: National Academies Press, 2006

Synopsis

This new report from the National Research Councila (TM)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.

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Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, National Research Council

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Publisher
National Academies Press
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0309100046
ISBN 13 
9780309100045
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
354