This report is part of the OWI Transportation/Logistics systems analysis of problems associated with shipping these wastes to waste terminal storage facilities. It covers governmental regulations and functional responsibilities, highway and rail transportation status and economic considerations, assessment of present industry capabilities and business-related considerations, important receiving facility considerations, necessary engineering and licensing-related aspects of packaging systems, and essential elements of reprocessing plant waste activities including packaging and transportation. (ERA citation 03:044275)
Current Status and Future Considerations for a Transportation System for Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste
1978
481 pages
Report
No indication
English
Radiation Shielding, Protection, & Safety , Radioactive Wastes & Radioactivity , Radioactive wastes , Spent fuels , Transportation systems , Cost , Economics , Materials handling , Nuclear industry , Packaging , Radioactive waste facilities , Regulations , Systems analysis , Transport , Waste transportation , ERDA/050900 , ERDA/290000 , ERDA/290600 , Forecasting