DOE M 460.2-1A
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6-4-08
• Memorandum of Agreement between the Southern States Energy Board and the Department of Energy. Signed by the Southern State Energy Board Chairman and Secretary of Energy. • Memorandum of Agreement between the Western Governors’ Association and the Department of Energy. Signed by the Chairman of the Western Governors’ Association and the Secretary of Energy. • Regional Protocol for the Safe Transport of Transuranic Waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. (Southern States Energy Board) • Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Transportation Safety Program Implementation Guide. (Western Governors’ Association) • Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Transportation Plan. The last three of these are considered living documents and are changed from time-to-time by mutual agreement. They are detailed documents for the sections covered by this manual which apply to the TRU waste shipments. All shipments to a repository under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), as amended, are covered by this Manual. Shipments of commercial SNF, DOE SNF, commercial HLW and defense HLW to a repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada are the responsibility of OCRWM. Prior to NWPA shipments of HLW and SNF, OCRWM will develop detailed operational plans in collaboration with OCRWM stakeholders. Although this Manual covers NWPA shipments, it does so without any detailed specificity since the operational plans have yet to be developed. When the detailed plans are developed, the Manual will be amended to reflect the commitments made in the plans. Shipments of Naval spent fuel are the responsibility of the NNPP. This Manual does not apply to a number of unique items: • shipments by barge or water vessel; • air shipments of medical and research isotopes which are lightweight and handled by commercial air express service to ensure quick delivery because of their short half-lives; • depleted uranium hexafluoride cylinders; • large-quantity sources; • classified materials moving by commercial carriers;
• fresh (new) nuclear fuel; • non-hazardous materials; • non-radioactive hazardous materials; and
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