Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: 487de72c-0092-45b4-a6e4-6e5f7ca7ad74
Document Type: esrp
Title: TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 3
Section ID: 3.8
CFR Part: 
CFR Title: 

Content:
bove 33,000 megawatt-days per metric ton has been considered generically.) ` average irradiation level of irradiated fuel – 33,000 megawatt-days per metric ton maximum for use of Table S-4 directly, irradiation between 33,000 megawatt-days per metric ton and 62,000 megawatt-days per metric ton maximum requires references to other environmental documents NUREG-1555 3.8-4 October 1999 ` onsite storage of irradiated fuel – minimum of 90 days between removal from the reactor and shipment offsite (5 years, if the irradiation exceeds 33,000 megawatt-days per metric ton) (The reviewer should consider the proposed capacity of the facility to store fuel in evaluating this criterion.) ` radioactive wastes other than fuel – packaged as solid waste prior to offsite shipment (The reviewer should consider the proposed solid waste treatment and packaging procedures in eval- uating this criterion.) ` new fuel shipment to the plant – by truck ` irradiated fuel shipments offsite – by truck, rail, or barge ` other radioactive-waste shipments offsite – by truck or rail. (2) When the above criteria are met, conclude that the environmental impacts of transportation of fuel and radioactive wastes are represented by the values given in 10 CFR 51.52(c), Table S-4, and instruct the reviewers for ESRPs 5.4.2 and 7.4 to adopt this table as representing the environmental impacts of radioactive materials transportation. (3) When the fuel is enriched greater than 4 percent by weight of 235U (as given in 10 CFR 51.52(a)(2) to a maximum of 5 percent, and when the fuel irradiation is greater than 33,000 megawatt-days per metric ton (as given in 10 CFR 51.52(a)(3) to a maximum of 60,000 megawatt-days per metric ton, it has been shown that the environmental cost contributions are either unchanged or may in fact be reduced from those summarized in Table S-4 (Baker et al. 1988; 53 FR 30355 [NRC 1988]; NRC 1996). The impacts of transportation of fuel irradiated to 62,000 megawatt-days per