TRANSPORTATION ISSUES REGARDING LOW-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE

The purpose of the report was to review the status of low-level waste (LLW) management and to identify associated transportation issues and problems for further analysis. The report presents projections of annual amounts of government and commercial (both fuel cycle and non-fuel cycle) LLW. It then describes the present status of waste disposal at the three existing burial grounds: Barnwell, SC, Beatty, NV, and Hanford, WA. Using a waste allocation model developed by Teknekron, the authors assess the transportation effects of regional constraints on LLW management through three scenarios. Case A assumes the status quo, with a restriction on receipt of wastes at Barnwell continuing indefinitely. Case B assumes a new site in the Northeast opens in 1985. Case C assumes that administrative restriction on Barnwell is lifted. The authors point out that the other scenarios are possible.

• Corporate Authors:

  Teknekron Research, Incorporated

  1483 Chain Bridge Road
  McLean, VA  United States  22101

  Asst Secretary for Policy & International Affairs

  Office of Intermodal Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Milstein, R
  • VOGT, D K
• Publication Date: 1979-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Hazardous materials; Logistics; Radioactive materials; Radioactive materials; Radioactive wastes; Regulations; Traffic; Wastes
• Geographic Terms: South Carolina
• Old TRIS Terms: Government regulations; Waste materials traffic
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314069
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-P-10-79-25
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-90072
• Files: NTIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 1980 12:00AM