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.