Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: f0baf50b-5bb7-4783-b2f9-9586e09c97e1
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Preparation of Environmental Reports for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 02/2017 – DG-4026 , Proposed Revision 3 09/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 2 – Revise (Rev. 3)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1611/ML16116A068.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.2
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between removal from the reactor and transportation offsite • treatment and packaging procedures for radioactive wastes other than irradiated fuel • general description of transportation packaging systems to be used for fresh fuel, spent fuel, and other radioactive wastes (e.g., packaging system capacity, approximate dimensions, and weight) • radiation dose rates for loaded packages • shipping route information based on the locations of fuel-fabrication facilities and potential destinations for shipments of spent fuel and radioactive waste • transport mode for new fuel shipment to the plant • transport mode for irradiated fuel shipments offsite • transport mode for other radioactive waste shipments offsite • shipping route data (e.g., distances and population densities in urban, suburban, and rural population density zones by state) from the fuel-fabrication plant to the reactor and from the reactor to the facilities to which irradiated fuel and radioactive waste will most likely be sent, if applicable • average heat load for irradiated fuel casks in transit • maximum gross vehicle weight for truck and rail shipments of unirradiated fuel, spent fuel, and radioactive waste The methods and data used to estimate transportation impacts should be described and the following should be provided: • Descriptions of the method(s) used to estimate routine (incident-free) radiological impacts, including impacts to populations and maximally exposed individuals. • Descriptions of the method(s) used to estimate accident nonradiological and radiological impacts, including nonradiological traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities, and radiological accident risks. Nonradiological impacts should be estimated using round-trip distances. • Specification of input parameters and sources used in the impact assessment. Parameters and source documents should be defensible, and where assumptions are used to fill in missing or highly uncertain data, the assumptions