Document: NUREG-1555
Document ID: ad4d8b7d-0152-4925-9f59-1670aab70923
Document Type: esrp
Title: TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS
Source: NUREG-1555
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1555/initial/
Revision Date: 2007-10
Chapter: 7
Section ID: 7.4
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RESPONSIBILITIES Primary—Appendix B Secondary—Appendix B I. AREAS OF REVIEW This environmental standard review plan (ESRP) directs the staff’s consideration and treatment of the assessment of transportation accidents involving radioactive materials. The scope of the review directed by this plan will be governed by the level of compliance of the proposed project with the criteria provided in 10 CFR 51.52(a). Review Interfaces The reviewer for this ESRP should obtain input from and provide input to the reviewer for the following ESRP, as indicated: ` ESRP 3.8. Obtain a statement regarding the compliance of proposed transportation modes with the criteria of 10 CFR 51.52(a). Data and Information Needs This review applies to applications for construction permits, operating licenses, and combined licenses. The data and information needed will be determined by the extent of compliance with the criteria of 10 CFR 51.52(a), generic determinations of effects of transportation accidents involving irradiated fuel falling outside those criteria, and by the nature of those proposed project details that may not comply with it. The following data or information should be obtained: NUREG-1555 7.4-2 October 1999 ` a statement from the reviewer for ESRP 3.8 to the effect that proposed irradiated fuel characteristics and transportation modes are in compliance with the provisions of 10 CFR 51.52(a) or, when not in compliance, a statement about the nature and extent of the characteristics and modes that are not in compliance with this provision (from ESRP 3.8) ` the estimated transportation distance from the plant to the facility to which spent fuel will most likely be sent (from ESRP 3.8) When the proposed transportation modes are not in compliance with the provisions of 10 CFR 51.52(a), the following data should be obtained: ` a description of each transportation mode that does not comply (from the environmental report [ER]) ` a description of transportation accident statistics