NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT, APRIL--JUNE 1976

Status of the following programs is reported: Alternative waste management systems; decontamination and densification of chop-leach cladding residues; disposition of retired contaminated facilities at Hanford; transportation safety studies; transport problems, 1976-2000; safety and economic study of special trains; and development of high-level waste shipping cask models. (ERA citation 02:012519)

• Corporate Authors:

  Batelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Labs

  Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999
  Richland, WA  United States  99352

  Energy Research and Development Administration

  20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Platt, A M
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 37 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Casks; Contaminants; Costs; Design; Economics; Forecasting; Freight handling; Freight traffic; Hazardous materials; Prevention; Radioactive materials; Radioactive materials; Radioactive wastes; Railroad trains; Research projects; Safety; Traffic; Traffic forecasting; Transportation; Waste management; Wastes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; Decontamination; Research programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Special handling; Waste transportation
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154077
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: E(45-1)-1830
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM