RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
This report documents a detailed analysis of rail operations that are important for assessing the risk of transporting high-level nuclear waste. The major emphasis of the discussion is towards "general freight" shipments of radioactive material. The purpose of this document is to provide a basis for selecting models and parameters that are appropriate for assessing the risk of rail transportation of nuclear waste.
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Corporate Authors:
Sandia National Laboratories
P.O. Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM United States 87185Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
7000 East Avenue
Livermore, CA United States 94550Department of Energy
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20585 -
Authors:
- Wooden, D G
- Publication Date: 1986-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: 117 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Hazardous materials; Hazardous wastes; Operations; Railroad safety; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Risk assessment; Spent reactor fuels
- Uncontrolled Terms: Risk models
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00961908
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: SAND86-7083, UC-71
- Contract Numbers: DE-AC04-76DP00789
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 11 2003 12:00AM