TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN THE UNITED STATES: RESULTS OF A SURVEY TO DETERMINE THE MAGNITUDE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF DOMESTIC, UNCLASSIFIED SHIPMENTS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. FINAL REPORT

This is the summary of a project undertaken to provide a computer-compatible data base of radioactive material Transport (RAMT) information. The project attempted to (1) quantify the transport of non-military radioactive materials in the contenental United States, (2) establish a comprehensive data base off radioactive shipment data that will satisfy a variety of information requirements, and (3) prepare a final report that presents study results in a format comparable to NUREG-0073 (NRC-)SD, May 1976). The RAMT data base will include information on environment and risk assessment, policy development and analysis, transport planning and management, emergency response planning, and public inquiry. The various chapters of this report cover the project background and objectives; details of the 4 phases of the project; the licensee survey response and results; the DOE (Department of Energy) shipments of radioactive materials originating in the U.S.; spent fuel shipments from U.S. commercial light water reactors and reprocessing facilities; and comparison of the RAMT survey results with the 1975 Battelle survey. Appendices provide further information on data collection and the data base itself.

• Corporate Authors:

  SRI International

  333 Ravenswood Avenue
  Menlo Park, CA  United States  94025-3493

  Sandia National Laboratories

  P.O. Box 5800
  Albuquerque, NM  United States  87185

  Department of Energy

  Office of Scientific and Technical Information, P.O. Box 62
  Oak Ridge, TN  United States  37831-0062
• Authors:
  • Javitz, H S
  • Lyman, T R
  • Maxwell, C
  • Myers, E L
  • Thompson, C R
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Data collection; Databases; Disasters and emergency operations; Environment; Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Licenses; Policy analysis; Policy making; Radioactive materials; Radioactive waste disposal; Risk assessment; Shipments; Spent reactor fuels; Surveys; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Emergency response
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451991
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAND84-7174
• Contract Numbers: DE-AC04-76DP00789
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM