Going the Distance?: The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Going the Distance?: The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States

Going the Distance?: The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States
By Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press
Number Of Pages: 339
Publication Date: 2006-06-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0309100046
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780309100045
Binding: Hardcover

Description
This book looks to provide an independent, objective, and authoritative analysis of the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste in the United States, while simultaneously examining risks and identifying current and future technical and societal concerns for such specialized transportation. Going the Distance? also gives comparisons between health and safety risks for transporting spent fuel and radioactive waste and other risks that confront members of society. Comparisons are provided for routine radiological transport, which has the potential to produce chronic radiation exposures and latent cancer, and severe accident risks, which have the potential to produce acute radiation sickness and death, as well as latent cancer. This book will inform. readers about the risks of spent fuel and high-level waste transportation.

Table of Contents

Front Matter i-xiv
Summary 1-6
Summary of Findings and Recommendations 7-24
1 Introduction 25-54
2 Transportation Package Safety 55-108
3 Transportation Risk 109-182
4 Transport of Research Reactor Spent Fuel to Interim Storage 183-211
5 Improving Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Transportation in the United States 212-272
References 273-286
Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 287-293
Appendix B List of Presentations Received at Committee Meetings 294-300
Appendix C Federal Repository Transportation System 301-321
Appendix D Glossary 322-335
Appendix E Acronyms 336-340

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