"U.S. DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Strategic Plan for the Safe Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste to Yucca Mountain: A Guide to Stakeholder Interactions, November 18, 2003". This document issued by the U.S. Department of Energy presents the procedure DOE will follow in defining and developing the transportation system for used nuclear fuel from commercial reactors to the national storage facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. It outlines the process that DOE will use to work cooperatively with states, tribes, local governments, utilities, and the transportation industry to refine the transportation system during development.
May 18, 2007
This NRC backgrounder covers emergency planning zones, protective actions, evacuation models, and terrorism issues. It also explains why the designations "peak fatality zone" and "peak injury zone" are erroneous.
May 18, 2007