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Going the Distance?

The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States

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Size: 339 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2006

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Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, National Research Council
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This book looks to provide an independent, objective, and authoritative analysis of the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste in the United States, while simultaneously examining risks and identifying current and future technical and societal concerns for such ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Summary	1-6	(skim)
Summary of Findings and Recommendations	7-24	(skim)
1 Introduction	25-54	(skim)
2 Transportation Package Safety	55-108	(skim)
3 Transportation Risk	109-182	(skim)
4 Transport of Research Reactor Spent Fuel to Interim Storage	183-211	(skim)
5 Improving Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Transportation in the United States	212-272	(skim)
References	273-286	(skim)
APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	287-293	(skim)
APPENDIX B List of Presentations Received at Committee Meetings	294-300	(skim)
APPENDIX C Federal Repository Transportation System	301-321	(skim)
APPENDIX D Glossary	322-335	(skim)
APPENDIX E Acronyms	336-340	(skim)

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This book looks to provide an independent, objective, and authoritative analysis of the transportation of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste in the United States, while simultaneously examining risks and identifying current and future technical and societal concerns for such specialized transportation. Going the Distance? also gives comparisons between health and safety risks for transporting spent fuel and radioactive waste and other risks that confront members of society. Comparisons are provided for routine radiological transport, which has the potential to produce chronic radiation exposures and latent cancer, and severe accident risks, which have the potential to produce acute radiation sickness and death, as well as latent cancer. This book will inform readers about the risks of spent fuel and high-level waste transportation.

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