Transportation Institutional Issues: The Post Yucca Years

This document compiles information on the transportation-related issues that The Council of State Governments Midwestern Office (CSG Midwest) have encountered during almost 30 years of working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to plan future shipments of commercial spent nuclear fuel (SNF) as part of the Civilian Waste Management System.


Table of Contents
3

Acronyms
6

Introduction
8

Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
9

Consent-Based Siting (CBS)
13

Deep Borehole Disposal
16

Stakeholder Involvement
19

Transportation Core Group
19

MRMTC Regional Priorities for the NFST Planning Project
20

CURIE
22

State and Tribal Transportation Consultation Working Group
22

National Transportation Stakeholders Forum
23

Background
23

Charter
23

Annual Meetings
24

Webinars
25

NTSF Wiki
25

Ad Hoc Working Groups
25

DOE-NE's Involvement
26

Section 180(c) AHWG
26

180(c) Interregional Team
28

Transportation Planning AHWG
28

Spent Nuclear Fuel Rail/Routing AHWG
29

Spent Fuel Transportation Materials AHWG
29

Tribal Engagement
29

Route Selection
31

Rail Transportation
33

Atlas Railcar Development
33

Reciprocal Rail Inspections
34

Safety Compliance Oversight Plan (SCOP)
37

System Analysis Tools
39

Stakeholder Tool for Assessing Radioactive Transport (START)
39

Execution Strategy Analysis (ESA)
40

Used Nuclear Fuel - Storage, Transportation & Disposal Analysis and Resource Data System (UNF-ST&DARDS)
40

Shutdown Sites
41

Industry Interest
43

References
48

Original Text of Transportation Institutional Issues Involving the U.S. Department of Energy's Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
53

Acronyms (2010)
54

Introduction
56

Openness and Accountability
57

Public Information and Outreach
57

Stakeholder Involvement
59

Programmatic Requirements
61

Database/Model
61

Federal Regulation of Transportation
62

Liability
63

Oldest Fuel First
64

Shipment Scheduling
64

State Regulation
66

Transportation of High-Level Waste
68

Transportation Safety Program Funding
69

Transportation Planning
70

Operational Procedures
70

Pilot Program
72

Program Evaluation
73

Seasonal Scheduling
73

Transportation Operational Contingencies
74

Transportation Planning
75

Transportation Planning Timeline
77

Modes, Packages, and Routes
78

Full-Scale Cask Testing
78

Intermodal Shipments
79

Mix of Transportation Modes
82

Overweight Trucks
84

Rail Access
84

Rail Service Analysis
86

Route Identification
87

Transportation Infrastructure Improvements
90

Safety and Security
91

Carrier/Driver Requirements
91

Inspection and Enforcement
93

Safe Parking
95

Security Planning
96

Terrorism and Sabotage
97

Shipment Information
99

Long-Term Planning Information
99

Prenotification
100

Tracking
101

Emergency Management
102

Emergency Notification
102

Emergency Planning and Management
102

Emergency Response
103

Emergency Response Equipment
104

Emergency Response Training Standards
105

Medical Preparedness
105

Section 180(c) Implementation
106

High-Level/Cross-Cutting Issues
109

Human Factors
109

System Safety
109

Top-Level System Studies
110

Transportation After Very Long-Term Storage
111

Transportation Implications of Storage Solutions
112

Transportation Management Structure
113

Transportation Risk Management Program
116

References (2010)
118

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