Going the Distance?: The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States

by National Research Council, Transportation Research Board, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

This new report from the National Research Council's Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) and the Transportation Research Board reviews the risks and technical and societal concerns for the transport of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste in the United States. Shipments are expected to increase as the U.S. Department of Energy opens a repository for spent fuel and high-level waste at Yucca Mountain, and the commercial nuclear...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309100046
• ISBN13: 9780309100045
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"