For Category 1 shipments, shippers should use TRANSCOM or another commercially available satellite tracking system to track their shipments. 10 CFR 37.79 details the requirements for shipment tracking. The requirements for highway shipments include: • establishing a movement control center that will monitor shipment positions 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and have the ability to communicate immediately, in an emergency, with the appropriate law enforcement agencies; • establishing redundant communications that allow the transport to contact the escort vehicle (when used) and movement control center at all times; and • continuous and active monitoring of shipments by a telemetric position monitoring system or an alternative tracking system reporting to a movement control center. Weather and Road Conditions Shipments should not travel during severe weather conditions or when adverse weather or road conditions make travel hazardous. Severe weather conditions typically encountered in the Midwest include the following storm warnings issued by the National Weather Service:
• hospitals and schools; • areas with difficult access (e.g., no room for fire equipment); • crowded parking areas (e.g., shopping malls and rest areas); • residential areas; • highway shoulders (for truck shipments); and • areas with numerous pedestrians. For shipments by truck, the carrier should not park on or within five feet of the traveled portion of a public street or highway except for brief periods when the necessities of operation require the vehicle to be parked and make it impractical to park the vehicle in any other place. For shipments of Category 1 material, as prescribed in 10 CFR 37.75, it is the shipper’s/licensee’s duty to identify and provide the states with a list of safe havens or safe parking areas. NRC NUREG-2155 defines a safe haven as a readily recognizable and readily accessible site at which security is present or from which, in the event of an emergency, the transport crew can notify and wait for the local law enforcement authorities. TRANSCOM/Shipment Tracking Shippers should use TRANSCOM, or other commercially available satellite tracking system, to track all shipments of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, and transuranic waste. In the event of operational problems, the shipper should follow the established backup procedures in their satellite tracking system’s user’s manual. Shippers should arrange for corridor states to have access to the system from the point of origin until one hour after the shipment has left the state’s jurisdiction. If the satellite tracking system is experiencing operational problems beyond those associated with individual users, shipments should not depart without the concurrence of all affected states.
• dense fog advisory, • tornado warning, • severe thunderstorm warning, • flash flood warning, • river flood warning, and • high wind warning.
• winter storm warning, • heavy snow warning, • blizzard warning, • blowing and drifting snow,
• freezing rain/drizzle, • ice storm warning, • sleet warning,
Adverse weather conditions are those that prompt travel advisories cautioning against any unnecessary travel. Due to the likelihood of severe winter weather resulting in shipment delays,
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