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
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rmation should be obtained: ` reactor type and rated core thermal power (from ESRP 3.2) ` fuel assembly description (from ESRP 3.2) ` average irradiation level of irradiated fuel (from ESRP 3.2) ` the capacity of the onsite storage facilities to store irradiated fuel and the minimum fuel storage time between removal from the reactor and transportation offsite (from the environmental report [ER]) ` treatment and packaging procedures for radioactive wastes other than irradiated fuel (from the ER) ` transportation system to be used for fresh fuel other radioactive wastes, and if applicable, irradiated fuel ` estimated transportation distance from the plant to the facility to which irradiated fuel will most likely be sent, if applicable (from the ER). II. ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA Acceptance criteria for the description of the transportation of radioactive materials are based on the relevant requirements of the following: ` 10 CFR 51.52 with respect to the design and operational parameters related to the transportation of fuel and waste to and from the reactor. Regulatory positions and specific criteria necessary to meet the regulations identified above are as follows: ` There are no regulatory positions specific to this ESRP.. Note, however, that the NRC has generically considered the environmental impacts of spent nuclear fuel with U-235 enrichment levels up to 5% and irradiation levels up to 62,000 megawatt-days per metric ton and found that the October 1999 3.8-3 NUREG-1555 environmental impacts of spent nuclear fuel transport are bounded by the impacts listed in Table S-4 provided that the more than 5 years has elapsed between removal of the fuel from the reactor and shipment of the fuel offsite (NRC 1996; NRC 1999a) . Technical Rationale The technical rationale for evaluation of the applicant’s proposed means for transporting radioactive materials is discussed in the following paragraph: The proposed method for the transportation of fuel and radioactive wastes to and