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Issue date: | 10/31/1997 |
From: | NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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l Manuscript Comf leted: October 1997 Date Published: October 1997 Spent Fuel Project Omce Omce of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555-0001 p* *an9
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ABSTRACT This circular has been prepared to provide The enclosed route information reflects specific information on the shipment ofirradiated reactor NRC approvals that have been granted m fuel spent fuel) subject to regulation the U.S.
Nucl(ear Regulatory gornmission response to requests for shipments of spent fuel.
, it. (NR provides a brief des:ription of spent fue shipment This publication does not constitute authority for safety and safeguards requirements of general carriers or other. Eersons to use the routes interest, a summary of data for 1979 - 1996 described to ship spent fuel, other categories of highway and railway shipments, and a listing, by nuclear waste, of other materials.
State, of recent highway and railway shipment routes.
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Page Abstract............................................................................ iii 1 I n t r od u ct i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Regulatory Requirements for Spent Fuel Shipments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.1 Safe ty Req uire m e nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.1.1 Packagin g St and ards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2.1.2 Rou ting Re q uire m e nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.1.3 Spent Fuel Shipment Safety Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2 Safeguards Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 l
2.2.1 Rou t e A pp roval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.2.2 Notification of State Governors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2.3 Spent Fuel Shipment Safeguards Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Descriptive Statistics for 1979-1996 liighway and Railway Spent Fuel Shipments . . . . . . . . . . 3 :
4 Route Segment Listing for Recent liighway and Railway Spent Fuel Shipments . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 {
l FIGURES 3.1 Routes Used for Spent Fuel Shipments: 197 9 - 199 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.2 Number of Spent Fuel Shipments by Mode: 1979 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.3 Number of Spent Fuel Shipments by Year: 197 9 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.4 Quantity of Spent Fuel Shipped by Mode: 1979 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.5 Quantity of Spent Fuel Shipped by Year: 197 9 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.6 Spent Fuel Shipment Miles by Mode: 19 79 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.7 Spent Fuel Shipment Miles by Year: 197 9 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.8 Spent Fuel Shipment Kilogram. Miles by Mode: 197 9 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.9 Spent Fuel Shipment Kilogram. Miles by Year: 197 9 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3.10 Number and Total Quantity of Spent Fuel Shipments by Shipment and Quantity Range: 19 7 9 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.11 Number and Tbtal Quantity of Spent Fuel Shipments by Shipment Distance Ran ge : 1979 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 TABLES 3.1 Number of Shipments and Quantity of Spent Fuel Shipped for Origination / Destination Pai rs : 19 79 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.2 Summary Data for 1979-1996 Spent Fuel Shipment Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.3 Number of Domestic and International Spent Fuel Shipments: 1979 - 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4.1 liighway and Railway Spent Fuel Shipment Routes Used in 1993 - 199 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 v NUREG.0725
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1 INTRODUCTION 2.1.1 Packaging Standards The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)is y asic strategy for regdadng opent fuel shipments is to rely on the packagmg to protect authorized under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954-the pubhc health and safety dunng transportation, r3 amended, to regulate the commercial nuclear
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industry for the purpose of protecting the public health and safety and the com*non defense and ab s ed in e eg ations pr ide that a spent fuel packaging (cask) shall prevent the loss or secunty of the United States. Included in this dispersion of the radioactive contents, provide cuthority is,the regulation of certam aspects of the adequate shielding and heat dissipation, and transportatton ofirradiated reactor fuel (spent prevent nuclear criticality under both normal and fuel). NRC,s role m this regard is explained in accident conditions of transportation. The normal Section 2 of this report. Section 3 provides conditions of transportation that must be desenptive statistics on spent fuel shipments in the considered are specified in the regulations in commercial nuclyar industy for the penod terms of hot and cold environments, pressure 1979-1996. Section 4 contams a listing, by State, differential, vibration, water spray, impact, of highway and railway segments,used m each puncture, and compression tests. Accident State for transporting spent fuel in recent years conditions that must be considered are specified in (1993 - 1996). terms of impact, puncture, fire conditions, and immersion.
2 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS The NRC initially reviews the cask design to verify FOR SPENT FUEL SHIPMENTS its resistance to accidents. NRC must issue a cestificate before a cask fabricat ' from the Spent fuel shipments are regulated from both the reviewed design can be used to t .nsport spent safety and safeguards standpoints. Safety deals fuel, with protection of public health and safety during routine transport as well as in the event of The ability of packaging to provide protection has handling or transportation accidents, whereas been demonstrated by the responses of packagmg safeguards deals with the protection of shipments dunng actual traffic accidents. For example, an egainst deliberate, malevolent acts by persons.
accident occurred on December 8,1971, on a major highway near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In th,s i accident, the driver of a vehicle canying a spent 2.1 Safety Requirements fuel cask swerved to avoid colliding with an oncoming vehicle, lost control, and overturned off Federal regulatory responsibility for spent fuel the roadway. The cask assembly was thrown into a transportation safety is shared by NRC and the ditch, traveling more than 100 feet before coming U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). to rest. No release of contents or release of Basically, NRC s safety role is to ensure that the radiation occurred. The outer surface of the cask spent fuel packagmgs meet strict regulatory, design sustained minor damage. The spent fuel cask was rules, al.d includes approving packaging designs placed on another trailer and taken to its and Quality Assurance Programs, and conductmg destination. The cask was returned to service after inspections. NRC packaging requirements are repair of the minor damage and inspection.
specified in 10 CFR Part 71. The DOT role m regulating spent fuel shipment safety is broad, and The accident resistance of casks has also been covers all aspects of actual transportation, demonstrated in controlled tests. In one test, j including noute selection, vehicle condition and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy i atacarding, driver training, package marking, (DOE), a truck bearing a cask was deliberately abeling, other shipping documentation, etc. These placed in the path of and struck by a 120-ton requirements are specified in 49 CFR Parts locomotive traveling about 80 miles per hour. In 171-178. Of the NRC and DOT safety another DOE test, a cask aboard a truck moving requirements for spent fuel shipments, NRC's about 80 miles per hour was deliberately crashed packaging standards and ! )OT's routing rules have into an immovable concrete structure. Subsequent been of most general intesest, and are briefly examination in both these tests confirmed that no described below, radioactive material would have been released 1 NUREG-0725
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f from the casks had they been loaded with spent other actions, NRC approval of routes for the fuel. Thus, both field experience and controlled transportation of spent fuel, to ensure adequate tests have substantiated the strategy of depending planning for physical protection against actual or !
on packaging design for safety in transit. attempted acts of radiological sabotage. Physical protection requirements for NRC licensees who For further information on spent fuel shipment transport or deliver s, pent fuel to a carrier for !
safety, please consult NUREG/BR-0111, transport include: shipment prenotification to i Transporting Spent Fuel Protection Provided NRC; procedures for coping with emergencies; a l Against Severe Highway and Railroad Accidents." communications center; contact with the ;
communications center every 2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br />; a written 1 g f shipment events; arrangements with local i 2.1.2 Routing Requirements ,
law enforcement agencies (NRC often coordinates ;
DOT requirements in 49 CFR 397.101 designate this it,em); avoidance of intermediate stops; surveillance of the shipment vehicle while ,
the use of the Interstate System of highways and available city beltways as the primary roadways stopped; armed escorts m heavily populated areas; over which radioactive material shipments under escort trairung; onboard communications; immobilization devices on tru.:ks; driver training; an NRC safeguards approved route plan are to be and notification of State governors before carried. There is no routing rule for rail shipments. The general designation as preferred shipments. Of these safeguards reqmrements, ,
histways is given to roadways, based on their route approval and State notification have been of most general interest, and are briefly described capacity for reducing transit times. Appropriate State routing agencies, following prescribed below. ,
criteria, may designaie an alternate route to the .
l preferred Interstate System. It is the responsibility
- - of spent fuel carriers to abide by the routing rule 2.2.1 Route Approval ,
- when they transport spent fuel by highway.
l NRC licensees planning to ship spent fuel are 2.1.3 Spent Fuel Shipment Safety Record required to submit proposed routes for such ;
shipments to the NRC for approval, from the The safety record for spent fuel shipments in the safeguards standpoint, before the use of a given ,
U.S. and in other industrialized nations is route. For highway shipments, the licensee must enviable. Of the thousands of shipments propose a route that conforms with DOT's routing com >leted over the last 30 years, none has rules. NRC surveys proposed routes for resu ted in an identifiable injury through release communication reception, location of safe havens, of radioactive material. etc. Routes may be approved for a single-shipment, or a specified series of shipments. Once a shipment series is approved, the route may be 2.2 Safeguards Requirements used for all shipments, without reapproval of the route for each shipment, provided that NRC is In May 1979, NRC adopted new regulations, in 10 notified in advance of each shipment. The route CFR 73.37, for strengthening the protection of . approval is for a stated period. After that period, shipments of spent fuel against radiological the approval may be renewed. NRC approval sabotage. The material requiring physical authorizes only spent fuel shipments, and does not protection is identified in 10 CFR 73.37(a) as include other categories of nuclear waste material, r " . . a quantity ofirradiated fuel in excess of 100
. From time to time, NRC may authorize alternate l
grams in net weight ofirradiated fuel, exclusive of routes or detours, as circumstances dictate at the cladding or wher structural or packaging material - time of shipment. Also, detours may be taken which has a total external dose rate in excess of without pnor approval, in response to unforeseen
. 100 rems per hour at a distance of 3 feet from any circumstances that arise during a shipment.
accessible surface without intervening Criteria for determining when and how such shielding. . .;" These regulations were detours may be taken are provided in published subsequently revised in May 1980, in response to regulatory guidance (" Physical Protection of
_ public comments. The regulations require, among Irradiated Spent Fuel," NUREG-0561, Rev.1).
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2.2.2 Notification of State Governors to immediately notify law enforcement authorities upon the occurrence or discovery of a safeguards NRC requires its licensees to notify the governor incident, for the purpose of initiating an or the governor's designee before the transport of appropriate response. In addition, licensees are spent fuel within or through the State [10 CFR required to promptly report safeguards incidents 73.37 (f']. The notification must be in wnting and to NRC by telephone, followed by a written postmarked at least 7 days before transport, if mailed, or delivered at least 4 days before report. To date, no safeguards incidents invohing the shipment of spent fuel have occurred.
transport, if sent by messenger. The notification llowever, a number of citations have been issued must include:
for minor procedural infractions: one in 1986, two o in 1987, two in 1990 and one in 1991, the nr.me, address, and telephone number of the shipper, carrier, aid reoiver o a description of the shipment, as specified by 3 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS FOR DOT 1979-1996 IllGIIWAY AND o I tm.g of the routes to be used within th RAILWAY SPENT FUEL SillPMENTS o a statement that NRC requires that shipment NRC began approving spent fuel shipments in schedule information (provided as an 1979. This section provides descriptive statistics on i enclosure) be protected from unauthorized the shipments that have occurred through 1996.
l disclosure. Only shipments of academic, industrial, and utility irradiated reactor fuel subject to NRC regulation The enclosure to the notification provides: are included; DOE shipments are not regulated by l
o NRC and are excluded. Figure 3.1 and Table 3.1 the estimrted date and time of departure provide a geographical perspective for spent fuel from the point of ongm of the shipment shipments. Figure 3.1 shows the highway and o the estimated date and time of entry into the railway routes used for spent fuel transport during governor's State 1979-1996. Table 3.1 shows the number of o shipments and quantity of spent fuel shipped a statement that schedule information must between specific organization / destination pairs for be protected from unauthorized disclosure the period, until at least 10 days after the shipment (or 10 days after tl'e last shipment of a series) has Table 3.2 and Figures 3.2-3.9 provide more entered or originated within the State, detailed spent fuel shipment information, including mode of shipment (highway or railway)
The licensee must ahu notify the governor of and shipment trends over time. Table 3.2 provides schedule changes that differ by more than 6 hours6.944444e-5 days <br />0.00167 hours <br />9.920635e-6 weeks <br />2.283e-6 months <br /> a summary of spent fuel shipment data for the from the furnished schedule. Subsequent 1979-1996 penod. For each year, the table distribution of the schedule information is at the provides four variables that describe shipping governor's discretion, but NRC regulations activity by mode. Data for shipment miles are require all persons who receive the schedule taken primarily from a road atlas, and have been information to protect it from unauthorized rounded to the nearest hundred miles for each disclosure.
year. Data on quantity of spent fuel shipped were provided by shippers, and have been rounded to 2.2.3 Spent Fuel Shipment Safeguards the nearest hundred kilograms for each year. The Record kilogram-miles data are derived from shipment quantity and distance data, and have been Safeguards incidents for spent fuel shipments are rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.
those that involve attempts at radiological sabottge of spent fuel, or purposeful acts that Table 3.3 shows the pattern of highway and rail threaten or result in significant degradation of the shipments throughout the period 1979-1996. The safeguards system used te protect the shipment. number of domestic highway shipments (except Licensees are required, under existing regulations, for the year 1981) rose to a high of 209 in 1984, 3 NUREG-0725 m a
then declined until 1988, when the recent average the corresponding total quantity shipped. The of 10 highway shipments per year was reached. individual shipment quantities have been grouped import shipments have generally declined since into ranges, with highway shipments most 1980, with only five imports after 1989. The frequently falling within the 0-10 and 400-500 or number of export shipments has been low (0-4)10-400 and 1300-1400 kilogram ranges, and with through the entire period. Also,in 1990-1996 five most railway shipments within the 6000-11000 international shipments have been made in which kHogram range. The smallest quantity range l US ports were transitted. accounts for the largest number of shipments (531, or 40 percent of highway and railway thipments Figure 3.2 shows that most (89 percent) of 1,319 combined), yet comprises only 2,000 kilograms i spent fuel shipments during the 1979-1996 period (0.2 percent) of the combined quantity shi 3 ped. )
were completed over highways. Figure 3.3 shows Conversely, the 116 railway shipments in t le that most of the shipping activity occurred during 6000-11000 kilogram shipment range comprise 1980-1987, with relatively low shipping activity only 8.7 percent of the combined total shipments, after 1987. but 67.9 percent of the combined quantity of spent fuel shipped. (All shipments less than 1400 i Figure 3.4 shows that the larg;er quantity (74.8 kilograms were shipped by highway with two percent) of spent fuel was shipped by railway, exceptions and all shipments greater than 1400 which reflects the greater capacity of rail spent kilograms were shipped by railway.)
fuel containers versus that for trucks. In addition, a few rail shipments included multiple spent fuel Figure 3.11 shows the distribution of shipments by l containers, further increasing the rail shipment distance range, and the corresponding total 3ayload. The figure indicates that 1,412,900 quantity of spent fuel shipped. For highway j alograms, or more than a thousand metric tons, shipments, the number of shipments generally of spent fuel were shipped. Figure 3.5 shows that decreases with shipment distance, although a the greatest quantities of spent fuel were shipped significant number of shipments exceeded 900 during 1984-1987, and that since then, most spent miles. Of the 356 metric tonnes shipped by fuel has been shipped by rail. highway,173 tonnes (49 percent) traveled less than 200 miles. The number of rail shipments was Figure 3.6 shows that the highway mode somewhat uniform over the ranges, with 200-400 accounted for most (94.2 percent) of the 843,604 mile shipments accounting for 43.6 percent of the spent fuel shipment miles. h,gure 3.7 shows that total quantity shipped by rail.
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! decline in subsequent years.
Figure 3.8 shows the cumulative movement of 4 ROUTE SEGMENT LISTING spent fuel, calculated by summmg the product of FOR RECENT IIIGIIWAY AND quantity and distance for all shipments, and is RAILWAY SPENT FUEL expressed in kilogram miles. This unit is SIIIPMENTS analogous to " ton miles," a unit commonly used to measure the flow of commodities. The figure Table 4.1 is a listing of highway and railway routes shows that the railway mode accounted for the that have recently been used to transport spent majority (70.5 percent) of the 474.4 million fuel. The table identifies the spent fuel shipments kilogram miles associated with spent fuel that occurred in each State. The table also lists the shipments. Figure 3.9 shows the kilogram miles highway or railway route segments within the distribution by year. State that were used for each shipment, and when the shipment was completed. The table shows that Finally, Figures 3.10 and 3.11 provide an highway spent fuel shipments were made in or operational perspective for the spent fuel through 31 States, and that railway shipments shipments. Figure 3.10 shows the distribution of were made in or through 2 States during the shipments by individual shipment quantity, and period discussed.
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I Year (Thousan Highway Railway Highway Railway Highway Railway Highway Raihuay 1979 16 11 0.1 30.2 8.0 2.3 0.1 6.2 ,
1980 130 5 10.0 13.6 115.9 1.0 17.2 2.8 :
1981 81 2 7.9 6.0 38.5 0.4 1.7 1.2 1982 124 0 7.1 0.0 106.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 1983 117 0 36.6 0.0 83.6 0.0 12.7 0.0 1984 245 3 84.5 23.8 181.3 1.6 51.4 12.7 1985 135 18 74.0 119.4 70.9 8.7 28.3 57.8 1986 105 15 40.4 97.5 47.8 8.7 8.8 56.3 1987 107 15 82.3 101.4 41.8 8.4 14.8 56.5 1988 25 7 12.8 *1.8
. 11.4 4.3 2.4 25.7 1989~ 16 6 0.1 30.8 16.7 1.7 0.1 8.7 1990 5 8 (0.03)* 70.5 1.5 1.6 (0.02)* 12.7 1991 9 10 0.1 101.1 9.6 1.5 0.1 15.0 1992 21 6 0.1 61.2 15.7 0.8 0.1 8.1 1993 16 12 0.1 113.8 23.2 2.3 0.3 21.9 -
1994 7 10 (0.02)* 84.0 6.6 2.2 (0.01)* 17,4 1995 9 10 (0.07)* 83.7 12.6 2.2 0.1 18.4 1996 4 9 (0.02)* 77.9 2.8 -1.5 (0.01)* 13.1 TOTAL 1172 147 356.2 1056.7 794.7 49.2 139.9 334.5
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Table 3.3 Number of Demestic and International Spent Fuel Shipments: 1979-1996 Domestic International Year Highway Railway Export irr. port Transient 1979 2 11 0 14 0 1980 73 5 2 55 0 1981 30 2 3 48 0 1982 80 0 1 43 0 1983 92 0 2 23 0 1984 209 3 2 34 0 1985 114 18 0 21 0 1986 88 15 0 17 0 1987 85 15 3 19 0 1988 10 7 0 15 0 1989 11 6 1 4 0 1990 0 8 3 0 2 1991 4 10 4 0 1 1992 20 6 0 0 1 1993 14 12 1 0 1 1794 6 9 1 1 0 1995 7 9 1 2 0 1996 3 8 0 2 0 9 NUREG-0725
TOTAL NUMBER OF SHIPMENTS - 1319 HIGHWAY 89%
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1 Table 4.1 Illghway and Railway Spent Fuel Shipment Routes Used in 1993-1996 Highway Shipment Route Segment Shipments State Shipment From: Route To: Completed AL Hatcbluclear Power GA h 'e I-20 SW I- 459 1995 .
Station to 1- 20 I-459 SW I- 20 GE/Vallecitos I-459 I-20 SW MS line AZ Hatch Nuclear Power NM line I- 10 VJ I- 17 1995 Station to I- 10 1- 17 NW' I-10 GE/Vallecitos I- 17 1-10 W CA line CA Duane Arnold to NV line I-80 W I-5 1993 GE/Vallecitos I -80 I-5 S 1- 205 I-5 I-205 W 1- 580 1 - 205 I-580 W I- 680 I- 580 I-680 S CA-84 I- 680 CA-84 E GE/ VAL Dandalk Marine (same as above route) 1995 Terminal to GE/Vallecitos Hope Creek to GE/Wilecitos (same as above route) 1993 GE/Vallecitos to Dundalk GE/ VAL CA-84 E I- 580 1994 Marine Terminal CA-84 I-580 E I- 205 1- 580 I-205 E l-5 I - 205 I-5 N 1- 80 I-5 I-80 E NV line Hatch Nuclear Power AZ line I-10 W I - 210 1995 Station to 1- 10 I-210 W I-5 GE/Vallecitos I- 210 I-5 NW I- 580 I-5 1-580 NW I- 680 I - 580 1- 680 S CA-84 I- 680 CA-84 E GE/ VAL Babcock & Wilcox, NV line I-30 W I-5 1993 Lynchburg to I-20 1-5 S I - 205 GE/Vallecitos I-5 I-205 W I- 580 I - 205 I-580 W I- 680 I- 580 I-680 S CA-84 I- 680 CA-84 E GE/ VAL Quad Cities to GE/Vallecitos (same as above route) 1993 CT Massachusetts Institute of MA line I-84 W NY line 1993/94 Technology to Savannah I- 84 River Project RI Nuclear Science RI line I-95 W CT-9 1995 Center to Savannah I- 95 CT-9 NW 1- 91 River Project CT-9 I-91 S I- 691 1-91 I-691 W I - 84 I - 691 1-84 W NY line NUREG-0725 16
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Illghway Shipment Route Segment
- Shipments State Shipment From: Route To: Completed DE Ilope Creek to Hope Creek I-295 S I- 95 1993 GE/Vallecitos 1 - 295 I-95 S MD !ine GA Hatch Nuclear Power Hatch US-1N 1--16 1995 Station ta US-1 1-16 NW I - 75 GENallecitos 1- 16 I-75 NW I - 285 I - 75 I-285 S I-20 I - 285 I-20 W ALline University of Missouri TN line I-24 SE I- 75 1996 to Savannah River I- 24 I-75 SE I - 285 Pioject I - 75 I-285 E I- 20 1 - 285 I-20 SE SC line Georgia Institute of GAIT Local Rds. I- 75 1996 Technology to Savannah Local Rds. I-75 S I- 20 River Project I - 75 I-20 E SCline IL Babcock & Wilcox, IN line I-74 W I - 474 1993 Lynchburg I - 74 I-474 W/N I - 74 to GE/Vallecitos I - 474 I-74 W 1- 280 I- 74 I-280 W IA line Hope Creek to GE/Vallecitos (same as above route) 1993 Dundalk Marine (same as above route) 1995 Termir:al to GENallecitos GENallecitos to Dundalk (reverse of above route) 1994 Marine Terminal Quad Cities to GENallecitos Plant IL-84 S I- 80 1993 IL-84 I-80 W IA line University of Missouri MO line I-255 E I- 64 1993/94/95/96 to Smnnah River Project I - 255 I-64 E I-57 I - 64 I-57 S I- 24 I-57 I-24 S KY line IN Hope Creek to GE/Vallecitos OH line I-70 W I - 465 1993 I-70 I-465 S/W/N I- 74 I - 465 I-74 W ILline Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg (same as above route) 1993 to GENallecitos Dundalk Marine (same as above route) 1995 Terminal to GENallecitos )
GENallecitos to (reverse of above route) 1994 1 Dundalk Marine Terminal 17 NUREG-0725
Table 4.1 (Continued)
Illghway Shipment Route Segment Shipments State Shipment From: Route To: Completed IA Duane Arnold to Plant Local Roads E I- 380 1993 GE/Vallecitos Local Rcts. 1- 380 S I- 80 I-380 1-80 W I- 680 I--80 I-680 SW NE line Quad Cities to GE/Vallecitos IL line I-80 W I - 35 1993 1- 80 1- 35 S 1- 80 1- 35 1-80 W 1 - 680 I- 80 1--680 W NE line GE/Vallecitos to Dundalk (reverse of above route) 1994 Marine Terminal Babcock & Wilcox, ILline I-280 W/N 1- 80 1993 Lynchburg I- 280 1-80 W 1 - 680 to GE/Vallecitos I- 80 1-680 W NE line Dundalk Marine (same as above route) 1995 Terminal to GE/Vallecitos Hope Creek to GE/Vallecitos (same as above route) 1993 KY University of Missouri IL line 1- 24 S TN line 1993/94/95/96 to Savannah Riser Project 1- 24 LA Hatch Nuclear Power MS line I-20 W 1- 220 1995 Station to I- 20 1-220 W 1 - 20 GE/Vallecitos 1- 220 I-20 W TX line MA Massachusetts Institute of MIT Albany St. Mass. Ave. 1993/94 Technology to Albany St. Mass. Ave. I- 90 Savannah River Project Mass. Ave. 1-90 W I - 84 I- 90 I-84 S CT line MD Ginna Plant to PA line I-83 S 1- 695 1993
, Dundalk Marine Terminal I- 83 1-695 E/S Dundalk I-69f Dundalk Ave. Ave.
Terminal Massachusetts Institute of PA line I-81 S WV line 1993/94 Technology to I- 81 Savannah River Project RI Nuclear Science (same as above route) 1995 Center to Savannah River Project Summer Station to (reverse of above route) 1995 Alexandria Bay (Chalk River)
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Table 4.1 (Continued)
Highway Shipment Route Segment Shipments State ' Shipment From: Route To: Completed MD GENallecitos to WV line I-68 E I-70 1994 (Cont ) Dimdalk Marine Terminal I- 68 I-70 E I - 695 I-70 1- 695 E Dundalk Marine Terminal Dundalk Marine (reverse of above route) 1995 Terminal to GE/Vallecitos Hope Creek to GENallecitos DE line I-95 S I- 695 1993 I- 95 I-695 N/W/S I-70 1- 695 I-70 NW I- 68 I- 70 I-68 W WV line MS Hatch Nuclear Power AL line I-20 S LA line 1995 Station to GE/Vallecitos I- 20
, MO University of Missouri to Univ. of MO-163 N M O-740 1993/94/95/96 Savannah River Project Missouri MO-163 MO-740 E MO-63 MO-740 MO-63 N I-70 MO-63 I-70 E I- 270 I-70 1-270 S/E I - 255 I- 270 1-255 E ILline NE Babcock & Wilcox, IA line I-680 W I- 80 1993 Lynchburg to GENallecitos I- 680 I-80 W WY line Duane Arnold to GENallecitos (same as above route) 1993 Dundalk Marine Terminal- (same as above route) 1995 to GENallecitos Hope Creek to GENallecitos (same as above raute) 1993 GENallecitos to (reverse of above route) 1994 Dundalk Marine Terminal NJ Hope Creek to GENall:citos Plant Local Rd. NJ-49 1993 Local Rd. NJ-49 NW I- 295 NJ-49 I-295 S DE line NM Hatch Nuclear Power TX line I-10 NW AZ line 1995 Station to GENallecitos I- 10 NV Babcock & Wilcox, UT line I-80 W CA line 1993 Lynchburg to GENallecitos I- 80 Duane Arnold to GENallecitos (same as above route) 1993 Dundalk Marine (same as above route) 1995 Terminal to GENallecitos Hope Creek to GENallecitos (same as above route) 1993 19 NUREG-0725
5 Table 4.1 (Continued)
Illghway Shipment Route Segment '
Shipments State Shipry .t From: Route To: Completed NV Quad Cities to GE/Vallecitos (same as above route) 1993 (Cont.)
GE/Vallecitos to (reverse of above route) 1994 '
Dundalk MarineTerminal NY Ginna Plant to Plant Local Rds. NY-104 1993 Dundalk Marine Terminal Local Rds. NY-104 W NY-590 NY-104 NY-590 S I-490 NY-590 I-490 E I-90 I- 490 I-90 E I- 690 I- 90 I-690 E l- 81 1 - 690 I-81 S PA line Massachusetts Institute CT line I-84 W PA line 1993/94 of Technology to I - 84 Savannah River Project RI Nuclear Science Center yeverse of above route) 1995 to Savannah River Project Summer Station te PA line I-81 N 1- 481 1995 Alexandria Bay I- 81 I-481 E/N/W I- 81 (Chalk River) I- 481 1-81 N US/ Canadian Border McMaster University Depart I-190 SE I-90 1996 to Savannah River Canada I-90 W PA line Project NC McGuire Plant to NC-73 NC-73 E I-77 1994 Babcock & Wilcox, I-77 I-77 N VA line Lynchburg University of Virginia VA line I-77 S SC line 1993/94 to Savannah River Project I- 77 Massachuretts Institute of (same as above route) 1993/94 Technology to Savannah River Project McMaster University (same as above route) 1996 to Savannah River Project RI Nuclear Science Center (same as above route) 1995 to Savannah River Project Summer Station to (reverse of above route) 1995 Alexandria Bay (Chalk River)
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Table 4.1 (Continued)
Illghway Shipment Route Segment Shipments State Shipment . From: Route To: Completed NC University of Missouri TN line I-40 E I- 26 1993/94/95 (Cont.) to Savannah River Project I-40 I-26 E SC line Oli llope Creek to WV line I-470 W I-70 1993 GFJVallecitos I-470 I-70 W I- 270 I- 70 I-270 S/W/N I-70 I- 270 1-70 W IN line Dundalk Marine (same as above route) 1995 Terminal to GE/Vallecitos GE/Vallecitos to (reverse of above route) 1994 Dundalk Marine Terminal Babcock & Mcox, WV line I-77 N I- 70 1993 Lynchburg to I- 77 I-70 W I- 270 GE/Vallecitos I- 70 1-270 S/W/N I-70 I- 270 I-70 W IN line PA Ginna Plant to NY line I-81 S I- 83 1993 Dundalk Marine Terminal I- 81 I-83 S MD line Massachusetts Institute of NY line I-84 W I- 380 1993/94 Technolog to I - 84 I-380 S I- 80 Savannah River Project 1- 380 I-80 W I- 81 I- 80 I-81 S MD line RI Nuclear Science Center (same as above route) 1995 to Savannah River Project Summer Station to MD line I-81 N NY line 1995 Alexandria Bay I- 81 (Chalk River)
Hope Creek to WV line I-79 N I- 70 1993 GE/Vallecitos I-79 I-70 W WVline Dundalk Marine (same as above route) 1995 Terminal to GE/Vallecitos GE/Vallecitos to (reverse of above route) 1994 Dundalk Marine Terminal McMaster University PA line I-90 W I- 79 1996 to Savannah River I- 90 I-79 S WV line Project RI RI Nuclear Science Center S. Ferry W Bridgetown 1995 Center to Savannah S. Ferry Rd Brdgtwn W RI-138 River Project Brdgtwn Rd RI-138 W I- 95 RI-138 l-95 S CT line 21 NUREG-0"725
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Illghway Shipment Route Segment Shipments State Shipment From: Route To: Completed SC Massachusetts Institute of NC line I-77 S I- 20 1993/94 Technology to Savannah I-77 I-20 W SC-19 River Project (SRP) I- 20 SC-19 S SRP McMaster University (same as above route) 1996 to Savannah River Project RI Nuclear Science Center (same as abue route) 1995 to Savannah River Project University of Virginia (same as above route) 1993/94 to Savannah River Project University of Missouri NC line I-26 S I- 20 1993/94/95 to Savannah River Project I- 26 I-20 SW SC-19 I- 20 SC-19 S SRP ,
University of Missouri GA line I-20 NE SC-19 1996 to Savannt.h River I- 20 SC-19 S SRP Project Summer Station to Station SC-215 N SC-213 1995 Alexandria Bay SC-215 SC-213 E SC-34 (Chalk River) SC-213 SC-34 E/N I-77 SC-34 I-77 N NC line TN University of Missouri KY line I-24 SE I- 65 1993/94/95 to Savannah River I - 24 I-65 S I-40 Project I- 65 I-40 E I- 640 I-40 I-640 E I-40 I - 640 I-40 E NC line University of Missouri KY line I-24 SE I- 265 1996 to Savannah River I- 24 I-265 W I-40 Project I - 265 I-40 W I- 440 I-40 I-440 SE I- 24 I - 440 I-24 SS GA line TX Hatch Nuc!:ar Power LA line I-20 W I-10 1995 Station to I- 20 I-10 W NM line GE/Vallecitos I- 10 UT Babcock & Wilcox, WY line I-80 W NV line 1993 Lynchburg to GENallecitos I- 80 Duane Arnold to GENallecitos (same as above route) 1993 Dundalk Marine Tertpnal (same as above route) 1995 to GE/Vallecitos Hope Creek to GE/Vallecitos (same as above route) 1993 NUREG-0725 22
Table 4.1 (Continued)
Highway Shipment Route Segment Shipments State Shipment From: Route To: Completed UT GENallecitos to (reverse of above route) 1994 (Lont.) Dundalk Marine Terminal Quad Cities to GENallecitos WY line I-80 W I- 15 1993 I- 80 1-15 N 1- 80 1 - 15 I-80 W NV line VA McGuire Plant to NC line I-77 N 1 - 81 1994 Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg I-77 I-81 N Alt-220 I- 81 Alt-220 S US-460 Alt-220 US-460 E VA-726 US-460 VA-726 N B&W University of Virginia UVA Local Rds. US-250 1993/94 to Savannah River Project Local Rds. US-250 W US-29 US-250 US-29 S I - 64 US-29 I-64 W I- 81 I - 64 I-81 S I- 77 I- 81 I-77 S NCline Massachusetts Institute of WV line I-81 SW I- 77 1993/94 Technology to I - 81 I-77 S NC line Savannah River Project I- 77 i
RI Nuclear Science Center (same as above route) 1995 to Savannah River Project Summer Station to (reverse of above route) 1995 Alexandria Bay (Chalk River)
E. I. Hatch to SC :iae 1-95 N 1- 85 1994 Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg I-95 I-85 W l'S-460 I - 85 US-460 W VA-726 US-460 VA-726 N B&W Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg Site VA-726 S US-460 1993 to GENallecitos VA-726 US-460 W Alt-220 US-460 Alt-220 N US-11 Alt-220 US-11 N 1- 81 US-11 I-81 N I - 64 I- 81 I-64 W WV line McMaster University WV line US-219 E VA-100 1996 to Savannah River US-219 VA-100 SE I-81 Project VA-100 I-81 SW I-77 I- 81 I-77 SE NC line 23 NUREG-0725
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Ifighway Shipmen *. Route Segment Shipments State Shipment From: Route To: Completed WV Massachusetts Institute of MD line I-81 S VA line 1993/94 Technology to I- 81 Savannah River Project RI Nuclear Science (same as above route) 1995 Center to Savannah River Project Summer Station to (reverse of above route) 1995 Alexandria Bay (Chalk River)
GE/Vallecitos to OH line I-470 E I-70 1994 ,
Dundalk Marine Terminal I- 470 I-70 E PA line PA line I-70 E I - 79 I-70 I-79 S I - 68 I- 79 I-68 E MD line Dundalk Marine Terminal (reverse of above route) 1995 to GE/Vallecitos Hope Creek to GE/Vallecitos (reverse of above route) 1993 Babcock & Wilcox, Lynchburg VA line I-64 W I - 77 1993 to GE/Vallecitos I- 64 I-77 N OH line McMaster University PA line I-79 S I- 77 1996 to Savannah River I- 79 I-77 S US-460 Project I- 77 US-460 E IIS-219 US-460 US-21) E VA line V!Y Babcock & Wilcox, NE line I-80 W UT line 1993 Lynchburg to I- 80 GE/Vallecitos Duane Arnold to GE/V:.llecitos (same as above route) 1993 Dundalk Marine (same as above route) 1995 Terminal to GE/Vallecitos
- Quad Cities to GE/Vallecitos (same as above route) 1993 Hope Creek to GE/Vahecites (same as above route) 1993 GE/Vallecitos to (reverse of above route) 1994 Dundalk Marine Terminal NUREG-0725 24
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_ Shipments State Shipment From: Route To: Completed NC Brunswick to Shearon Harris Brunswick Military I, eland 1993/94/95 S 6
! Ocean Term, track Leland CSX Hamlet Hamlet CSX Bonsal (Shearon Harris)
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny CSX SCline 1995 Sunny Point, NC to Point Savannah Rivet Project s
Robinson to Shearon Harris SC line CSX Hamlet 1993/96 Hamlet CSX Bonsal (Shearon Harris)
SC Robinson to Shearon Harris Robinson CSX NC line 1993/96 i Military Ocean Terminal NC line CSX Aiken 1995 Sunny Point, NC to (SRP)
Savannah River Project Naval Weapons Charleston CSX Aiken 1996 Station Port Charleston, SC (SRP) to Savannah River Project 25 NUREG-0725
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NRC FORM 33r U S NUCLEQR REGULATORY COMMISSON 1 REPORT NUMBER NRCM 1102. Oeny)'
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> v.tna on e. sei NUREG-0725 amamDsUsma Rev.12 3 OATE REPORT PUBU5NED Public Information Circular for Shipments of Irradiated Reactor Fuel MONTH YEAR October 1997 4 FIN OR GRANT NUMBER 6 AvTrOP(5) 6. TYPE OF REPORI Regulatory 7 PERIOD COVERED (Incluseve Deres) 01/01/79 to 12/31/96 S PERFORMING ORGANilATON - NAME ANO ADQHESS (It NRC, procce Omaeon. Omco or Region U S Nuclear Re@Jatory Commisanon, and maihrq; ecoress, W contractor, prowde rierne and mahnt, address )
Spent Fuel Project Office Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 - 0001 sPONSMNG ORGWZATON - NME 20 ADDRESS p NRC, type 'Same as aDove'; W Cortracts. pronce NRC Dus.on Omco or Regm US Numew Reguatory Cnnmesason, Cnd ma&ry; address )
14 SUPPLEMENTARY PsOTEC Updau . expected to be issued annually 11, ABSTRACT (200 words er less)
This circular has been prepared to provide information on the shipment of irradiated reactor fuel (spent fuel) sub-ject to regulation by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). It prccas a brief description of spent fuel shipment safety and safeguards requirement of general interest, a summary of data for 1979-1996 highway and railway shipments, and a listing, by State, of recent highway and railway shipment routes.
The enclosed route information reflects specific NRC approvals that have been granted in response to requests for shipments of spent fuel. This publicati on does not constitute authority for carriers or other persons to use the routes described to ship spent fuel, other categories of nuclear waste, or other materials.
- 12. CMY WORCSCESCf4PTORS (last words or pmeses that wel asest researchers m locating the report.) 13 AVA'LA6UTY STATEMENT Unlimited 14 SECURITY CLASSiFICAT!ON spent fuel shipment rcutes spent fuel shipment statistics m n,y Unclassified (The Report)
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