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1.U.S. Department of Energy, Highway and Railway Accident Study
In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy and its Sandia National Laboratories studied twelve highway and railway accidents suggested by the state of Nevada as potentially severe enough to compromise the integrity of used nuclear fuel transportation containers, had they been involved in the accidents. After careful analysis, DOE and Sandia found that, in fact, in all cases used nuclear fuel containers would have remained intact and that none of these accidents would have resulted in a release of radiation.
May 18, 2007
2.U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Spent Fuel Transportation Cask Response to a Tunnel Fire Scenario (Baltimore Tunnel Fire Study)
In July 2001, a derailed train carrying hazardous materials caught fire in a railroad tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland, and burned for several days. Although an accidental fire of such duration during a used nuclear fuel shipment is unlikely, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission analyzed the performance of transportation containers under these conditions. The NRC "concluded that the transportation casks analyzed would withstand a fire with thermal conditions similar to those that existed in the Baltimore tunnel fire event. No release of radioactive materials would result from exposure of the casks analyzed to such an event." A preliminary version of the study was released in 2002; this final version was completed in August 2004.
May 18, 2007
3.Yucca Mountain Project Created 3,650 Jobs for Nevada, Will Add Over 2,000 During Operation, UNLV Study Shows
According to a study of the economic impact of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository on Nevada undertaken by the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, the project will add $228 million annually to Nevada's economy during construction and $127 million annually during operation.
May 18, 2007
4.Yucca Mountain Licensing Standard Options for Very Long Time Frames: Technical Bases for the Standard and Compliance Assessments
This independent study investigates the technical implications and options associated with longer regulatory compliance periods in light of the U.S. Court of Appeals decision on July 9, 2004 ordering the EPA and NRC to rewrite their regulations to consider timeframes beyond 10,000 years.
May 18, 2007
5.EPRI, News Release, Yucca Radiation Standard Should Use Different Approach, April 18, 2005
EPRI's news release summarizes the results of its study, Yucca Mountain Licensing Standard Options for Very Long Time Frames."The radiation protection standard for the Yucca Mountain, Nevada, spent nuclear fuel repository should be fundamentally different for the periods exceeding 10,000 years, according to a new study just published by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The recommendations in the report recognize that detailed information about processes and events taking place many tens of thousands of years in the future will not be available and that different requirements are necessary to explicitly acknowledge that uncertainties increase with time."
May 18, 2007