Initial Site-Specific De-Inventory Report for Big Rock Point Report No.: RPT-3014537-002
The economic and capacity advantages of shipping by barge are reduced markedly if only one cask is shipped per barge. This is true for most commodities, whether hazardous or non-hazardous and for dimensional and non-dimensional cargo. Public acceptance of shipping radioactive material (e.g., over drinkable water source such as the Great Lakes) needs to be considered. 3.4 Barge Unloading Locations The two best options for potential barge unloading locations were examined as identified Table 3-3. Of the ports examined, Port of Milwaukee is a large commercial port with access to two Class I carriers. It also has commercial cranes, terminals and equipment to transload the barges directly to railcars on the dock. Enough track exists on the property to build a unit train. The Port of Kewaunee does not have the same resources and is not rail served so an additional truck haul would be required to reach a suitable rail siding for transloading. Additional ports in Michigan were considered initially but were eliminated due to lack of resources (cranes, rail track), required additional handling activities (lifts or mode), and/or their primary purpose is to serve as a recreational port, as opposed to a commercial port. Note: During decommissioning, large components were moved from the Kewaunee plant site by truck to the Kewaunee City Docks for barge movement to Memphis, TN. Inbound steam generators moved by vessel to the city dock and were trucked to the Kewaunee site. The reactor vessel head was trucked directly to Clive, UT from the site. Use of this facility would require bringing in equipment to handle any transfers and would have to arrive/depart via HHT or barge. The closest rail access is approximately 14 miles from the port and tracks do not look viable for building a dedicated train. Nevertheless, this site was considered in this assessment as it provides a potential nearby spent fuel pool that could be used to repackage the fuel into an alternative canister that is more commonly utilized.
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Initial Site-Specific De-Inventory Report for Big Rock Point May 10, 2017
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