• shipping mode and carriers to be used; • preferred route and alternatives, if any; • a general description of security considerations, as well as a detailed security plan including safe havens (the latter to be distributed only to those with a “need to know”); • an incident or accident recovery plan, including a list of local response contractors; • a copy of the NRC or DOE Certificate of Compliance for the shipping container (if applicable); and • a list of lead points of contact for the shipper, the carrier, and the corridor stakeholders. While the elements listed above are best practices and suggestions identified by affected state entities, there are also regulations that shippers must follow. These include 10 CFR Part 73 Subpart E, “Physical Protection Requirements of Special Nuclear Material and Spent Nuclear Fuel in Transit” and 10 CFR Part 37 Subpart D, “Physical Protection in Transit” for Category 1 and Category 2 quantities of radioactive material. In addition to the transportation plan, which may be available to the public, the shipper should provide corridor states with a complete description of the package, its contents, and the activity in the package and dose rates. Shippers may use other successful shipping campaigns as a model for the creation of transportation plans for radioactive waste or material through the Midwestern region. Examples of such transportation plans can be obtained through the DOE Office of Packaging and Transportation at ASKPAT@hq.doe.gov. Following the completion of a shipment or shipping campaign, shippers should compile the lessons learned for the purpose of improving future shipments. These lessons learned reports should be shared with Midwestern states, to the extent permissible. To assist in the compilation of lessons learned, CSG
Midwest will solicit input from the Midwestern states.
Mode and Route Selection Mode: Selection of the shipping mode is the responsibility of the shipper. Safety should be the primary consideration in evaluating and selecting a mode. The Midwestern states recommend that rail shipments should take place using dedicated trains, not general freight service. Route: Shippers should identify the routes for highway and rail shipments in consultation with the potentially affected states. The DOT regulations for highway route selection can be found in 49 CFR Part 397 Subpart D – “Routing of Class 7 (Radioactive) Materials”. Regulations for rail route selection can be found in 49 CFR 172.820 – “Additional planning requirements for transportation by rail”. Shippers must follow these regulations when selecting routes for shipments. For all modes, safety must be the primary consideration in deciding routes. For truck shipments, shippers should consider accident rates, population exposure, and time in transit when evaluating routes. For shipments by rail, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) lists 27 factors that rail carriers must consider when conducting annual risk analyses of available routes (see 49 CFR 172.820 and Appendix D to Part 172 – “Rail Risk Analysis Factors”).
• volume of hazardous material transported; • rail traffic density; • trip length for route; • presence and characteristics of railroad facilities; • track type, class, and maintenance schedule;
• track grade and curvature; • presence or absence of signals and train control systems along the route (“dark” versus signaled territory); • presence or absence of wayside hazard detectors; • number and types of grade
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