Abstract
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is developing an integrated system for the management of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW), including transportation of the material to future storage and/or disposal facilities. An understanding of past SNF and HLW transportation incidents can inform planning efforts, assist transportation planners in maintaining an excellent safety record, and more effectively inform emergency preparedness planning. DOE has compiled a radioactive transportation incident database (RTID) to include incidents relevant to SNF and HLW transportation planning efforts, using data from public records and news media reports. Generally, past efforts to catalog transportation incidents involving radioactive materials have not focused primarily on SNF and HLW but have collected information as part of a larger program to report hazardous or radioactive material transportation incidents. The RTID contains information on 67 incidents between 1971 and 2020 involving 98 Type B packages.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM 2022, Embedded with the 2022 ANS Winter Meeting |
Publisher | American Nuclear Society |
Pages | 752-757 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780894487897 |
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State | Published - 2022 |
Event | 2022 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM 2022, Embedded with the 2022 ANS Winter Meeting - Phoenix, United States Duration: Nov 13 2022 → Nov 17 2022 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM 2022, Embedded with the 2022 ANS Winter Meeting |
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Conference
Conference | 2022 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, IHLRWM 2022, Embedded with the 2022 ANS Winter Meeting |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Phoenix |
Period | 11/13/22 → 11/17/22 |
Funding
This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. This material is based upon work supported by DOE's Office of Science and Office of Nuclear Energy, under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725. This is a technical paper that does not take into account contractual limitations or obligations under the Standard Contract for Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste (Standard Contract) (10 CFR Part 961). For example, under the provisions of the Standard Contract, spent nuclear fuel in multi-assembly canisters is not an acceptable waste form, absent a mutually agreed to contract amendment. To the extent discussions or recommendations in this paper conflict with the provisions of the Standard Contract, the Standard Contract governs the obligations of the parties, and this paper in no manner supersedes, overrides, or amends the Standard Contract. This paper reflects technical work which could support future decision making by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or Department). No inferences should be drawn from this paper regarding future actions by DOE, which are limited both by the terms of the Standard Contract and Congressional appropriations for the Department to fulfill its obligations under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act including licensing and construction of a spent nuclear fuel repository. This material is based upon work supported by DOE’s Office of Science and Office of Nuclear Energy, under contract number DE-AC05-00OR22725.