Description
Book SynopsisA report from the National Research Council's Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) and the Transportation Research Board, which reviews the risks and technical and societal concerns for the transport of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States.
Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Summary of Findings and Recommendations; 4 1 Introduction; 5 2 Transportation Package Safety; 6 3 Transportation Risk; 7 4 Transport of Research Reactor Spent Fuel to Interim Storage; 8 5 Improving Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Transportation in the United States; 9 References; 10 APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 11 APPENDIX B List of Presentations Received at Committee Meetings; 12 APPENDIX C Federal Repository Transportation System; 13 APPENDIX D Glossary; 14 APPENDIX E Acronyms
