This paper summarizes the Transportation Evaluation for the Fernald Environmental Management Project. It was the objective of the evaluation to identify and evaluate potential modes for truck and rail transport as well as routes for the shipment of wastes from Fernald to three hypothetical off-site disposal sites. While no off-site disposal location has been selected, three locations have been specified to represent a broad range of potential off-site disposal locations. The three locations were the Nevada Test Site (NTS), the Envirocare Facility and the Piketon United States Department of Energy (DOE) reservation. The evaluation integrates transportation data, facility waste acceptance criteria, and Federal and State regulations. The shipment routes and modes are evaluated primarily in terms of risks and costs and, secondly, from a regulatory standpoint. The results of the evaluation were intended to assist planners in selecting the safest and most cost-effective means of shipping wastes off site.
Radioactive waste transportation evaluation for the Fernald Environmental Management Project
1994
6 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radiation Pollution & Control , Radiation Shielding, Protection, & Safety , Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Radioactive Wastes , Waste Transportation , Computerized Simulation , Cost Estimation , Land Transport , Ohio , Radioactive Waste Disposal , Rail Transport , Risk Assessment , EDB/050900 , EDB/054000 , EDB/051000