The Transportation Technology Center at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque has estimated the distances and associated costs for transporting low-level radioactive waste (LLW) in conjunction with two disposal siting options that consider either using the currently existing sites or having regionally located sites. In addition, current regulations related to transportation of LLW were reviewed regarding the effect that proposed regulations and their enforcement would have on siting options. The annual estimated cumulative distances travelled and total shipping costs are presented for each region, respectively, for the present practice and regional concept options. These results indicate that if regional sites are located throughout the nation, replacing the three currently operating disposal sites, the distances shipped and consequently the shipping costs would be reduced by a factor of two on a national scale. (ERA citation 07:045894)
Operational and Institutional Aspects of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation
1982
5 pages
Report
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Englisch