Document: 10 CFR Part 51
Document ID: 333d48f8-8338-4941-a981-66c4a9b1a6b9
Document Type: cfr
Title: Environmental effects of transportation of fuel and waste—Table S-4.
Source: 10 CFR Part 51
Source URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-51/section-51.52
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Section ID: 51.52
CFR Part: 51
CFR Title: 10

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rtation to the environmental costs of licensing the reactor. ( b ) For reactors not meeting the conditions of paragraph (a) of this section, the statement shall contain a full description and detailed analysis of the environmental effects of transportation of fuel and wastes to and from the reactor, including values for the environmental impact under normal conditions of transport and for the environmental risk from accidents in transport. The statement shall indicate that the values determined by the analysis represent the contribution of such effects to the environmental costs of licensing the reactor. ( c ) Summary Table S-4—Environmental Impact of Transportation of Fuel and Waste to and From One Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor 1 Normal Conditions of Transport Environmental impact Heat (per irradiated fuel cask in transit) 250,000 Btu/hr. Weight (governed by Federal or State restrictions) 73,000 lbs. per truck; 100 tons per cask per rail car. Traffic density: Truck Less than 1 per day. Rail Less than 3 per month Exposed population Estimated number of persons exposed Range of doses to exposed individuals 2 (per reactor year) Cumulative dose to exposed population (per reactor year) 3 Transportation workers 200 0.01 to 300 millirem 4 man-rem. General public: Onlookers 1,100 0.003 to 1.3 millirem 3 man-rem. Along Route 600,000 0.0001 to 0.06 millirem Accidents in Transport Environmental risk Radiological effects Small 4 Common (nonradiological) causes 1 fatal injury in 100 reactor years; 1 nonfatal injury in 10 reactor years; $475 property damage per reactor year. 1 Data supporting this table are given in the Commission's “Environmental Survey of Transportation of Radioactive Materials to and from Nuclear Power Plants,” WASH-1238, December 1972; and Supp. 1 of NUREG-75/038, April 1975. Both documents are available for inspection and copying at the Commission's Public Document Room, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville,