Going the distance : the safe transport of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : National Research Council (U.S.). Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board.; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
- ناشر : Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2006
- شابک / ISBN : 9780309100045
Description
Contents SUMMARY 1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 7 1 INTRODUCTION 25 1.1 Study Process, 27 1.2 Strategy for Addressing the Study Charges, 30 1.3 Background on Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste, 38 2 TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE SAFETY 55 2.1 Transportation Package Designs and Regulations, 56 2.2 Package Performance Modeling Studies, 64 2.3 Full-scale Package Testing Under Extreme Conditions, 81 2.4 Critical Assessment of Package Performance, 101 2.5 Package Performance Findings and Recommendations, 106 3 TRANSPORTATION RISK 109 3.1 Health and Safety Risks, 114 3.2 Social Risks, 149 3.3 Comparative Risk, 161 3.4 Transportation Risks: Findings and Recommendations, 178 xiii xiv GOING THE DISTANCE? 4 TRANSPORT OF RESEARCH REACTOR SPENT FUEL TO INTERIM STORAGE 183 4.1 DOE Management of Research Reactor Spent Fuel, 184 4.2 Regulations Governing Selection of Routes for Shipping Spent Fuel, 192 4.3 Selection of Routes for Shipping Research Reactor Spent Fuel, 194 4.4 Responses to the Study Charge, 208 5 IMPROVING SPENT FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL WASTE TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES 212 5.1 Principal Findings and Recommendation, 213 5.2 Transportation Operations, 216 5.3 Organizational Structure of the Federal Transportation Program, 260 REFERENCES 273 APPENDIXES A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members 287 B List of Presentations Received at Committee Meetings 294 C Federal Repository Transportation System 301 D Glossary 322 E Acronyms 336
A report from the National Research Council's Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) and the Transportation Research Board, which reviews the risks and technical and societal concerns for the transport of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States.
