PART III. INFORMATION RESOURCES APPENDIX A Recommended Practices Timeline Time Before Shipment Action
shipments of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, and HRCQ material should not take place in the Midwest in December, January, or February. In the event of a significant delay (e.g., greater than two hours), shippers should notify the affected states of the delay and the carrier’s response. Pre-Departure: The shipper and driver(s) should agree that weather and road conditions are acceptable prior to dispatching a shipment. Before dispatching a shipment, the shipper should consider current weather conditions, weather forecasts, and projected road conditions at the point of origin and along the entire route. A shipment should not be dispatched if severe weather conditions are forecasted anywhere along the route at the time the shipment is expected to be in that area. For DOE shipments of transuranic waste, state personnel should contact the WIPP Central Monitoring Room to participate in the pre-departure conference call for each shipment. The decision that acceptable conditions exist should be documented in writing or through entry into a computer database. En Route: The shipper and/or the carrier should monitor weather conditions while the shipment is in transit. Shipments should not travel when adverse weather or road conditions along routes make travel hazardous. For DOE shipments, stakeholders may monitor the status of shipments using TRANSCOM. When severe weather conditions or adverse road conditions occur unexpectedly, law enforcement may divert the shipment to safe parking or may contact the shipper to suggest that the shipment use an alternate route. Safe parking locations should be selected in accordance with this planning guide’s section on “Safe Parking.” If a state deems it necessary to divert a shipment to an alternate route, the state must coordinate with any other state(s) that will be affected by the route deviation.
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Five years
For shipments conducted under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, the states must know the anticipated routes Funding and technical assistance under Section 180(c) should be available to the states For new campaigns or shipments over routes not previously used, shippers should begin the transportation planning process For shipping campaigns involving spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, or transuranic waste, the shipper should present a proposed route or routes to the states for their consideration For shipments of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, final transportation plan in place For transuranic waste, DOE will ensure that a rolling projection of shipments will be sent via e-mail to the affected states and CSG Midwest For shipping campaigns of long duration (i.e., greater than one year), the shipper should provide the carrier’s draft management plan to the corridor states for their review and comment For all shipping campaigns, a final transportation plan, having undergone review by the corridor states, should be in place Shippers will achieve all objectives laid out by NRC Regulation 10 CFR 73.37 or 10 CFR 37.75, as applicable
Mode and Route Selection: Route
Emergency Management Considerations: Assistance for the States Transportation Planning
Four years
Two years
Mode and Route Selection: Route
One year
Transportation Planning
Six months
Advance Notification of Shipments: Transuranic Waste
Eight weeks
Carrier Selection and Driver/Crew Compliance
45 days
Transportation Planning
Two weeks
Transportation Planning
Two weeks
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