NATIONAL WASTE TERMINAL STORAGE PROGRAM: POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE WASTE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

Potential problems are identified which may impact the planning, organization, and operation of nuclear waste transportation systems serving federal repositories. These system-level problems have the potential of seriously interfering with the overall OWI Transportation/Logistics Study objective of having a viable nuclear waste transportation system in 1985. This report includes recommended action and priority judgments to address these problems and minimize their impact. The potential problems identified as most important have consequences which may impact the overall state of future preparedness for transporting nuclear waste. Other important concerns relate to the imposition of unnecessarily severe and costly restrictions on nuclear waste transportation, public and carrier acceptance, and the involvement of interested parties in planning and decision-making. The major recommendation of this report is that the planning and development of the waste transportation system should be controlled by a central planning activity which anticipates the impact of uncertainties and undesirable events. (ERA citation 03:054708)

• Corporate Authors:

  Batelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Labs

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

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • DeSteese, J G
  • Rhoads, R E
• Publication Date: 1977-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Decision making; Hazardous materials; Logistics; Radioactive materials; Radioactive materials; Radioactive waste disposal; Radioactive waste facilities; Radioactive wastes; Recommendations; Regulations; Safety; Spent reactor fuels; Traffic; Transportation; Transportation planning; Wastes
• Old TRIS Terms: Government regulations; Waste materials traffic; Waste transportation
• Subject Areas: Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00190884
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: EY-76-C-06-1830, W-7405-ENG-26
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 28 1979 12:00AM