OVERVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE

This document presents a review of current transportation regulations, a description of transportation systems currently in use, a discussion of systems that are anticipated to be developed in the future and a projection of shipments and shipping distances through the year 2000. (ERA citation 02:045141)

• 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:
  • Rhoads, R E
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 66 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Chemical compounds; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Fuel elements; Hazardous materials; Intersections; Nuclear fuels; Oxides; Packaging; Radioactive materials; Radioactive materials; Radioactive wastes; Regulations; Safety; Spent reactor fuels; Traffic; Traffic forecasting; Transportation; Transportation policy; Uranium; Wastes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Fuel cycle; Transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Projection; Rare earth compounds; Transport regulations; Uranium dioxide; Uranium hexafluoride; Uranium ores; Uranium oxides; Waste transportation
• Subject Areas: Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169031
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: EY-76-C-06-1830
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM