Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the
1999 International RERTR Meeting

TRANSPORTATION 2000

SPENT FUEL TRANSPORTATION TRENDS IN THE NEW MILLENIUM

David Blee
Executive Vice President
NAC International
655 Engineering Drive
Norcross, GA  30092
[email protected]

James Viebrock
Group Vice President
Site and Transportation Services
NAC International
655 Engineering Drive
Norcross, GA 30092
[email protected]

John Patterson
Foreign Research Reactor Liaison
NAC International
227 Gateway Drive
Aiken, SC  29803
[email protected]

ABSTRACT

The paper will provide a comparison of foreign research reactor spent fuel transportation today verses the assumptions used by the Department of Energy in the Environmental Impact Statement.  In addition, it will suggest changes that are likely to occur in transportation logistics through the remainder of the U.S. spent fuel returns program.  Cask availability, certification status, shipment strategy, cost issues, and public acceptance are among the topical areas that will be examined.  Transportation requirements will be assessed in light of current participation in the returns program and the tendency for shipment plans to shift toward spent fuel return toward the end of the 13 year period of eligibility.

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