Routing Methodology/Criteria

 

DOE policy
WGA policy RES 02-05 - Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste

See parts B7a-g and B13a-f

RES 01-03 - Assessing the risks of terrorism and sabotage against high-level nuclear waste shipments to a geologic repository or interim storage facility

See part B4

RES 03-16 - Private Storage of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel

See part B3a-b

 

WIEB HLW Committee documents 1995.  Primer excerpt.

Rail Primer:  Legal, Technical, and Business Aspects of Rail Transportation.

April 26, 1995.  Comments on DOE draft discussion papers:  Highway Route Selection for DOE Unclassified HRCQ Shipments and Rail Route Selection for DOE Unclassified HRCQ Shipments.  
September 30, 1994.  Comments of the High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee on the Preliminary Draft Strategy for Development of a Route Selection Guidance Document for DOE Unclassified HRCQ Shipments.  
February 28, 1994.  Comments on draft report entitled Identification of Factors for Selecting Modes and Routes for Shipping High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel.  Filed with Dockets Unit, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.  
January 1991.  Western State Environmental Policy Acts as They Relate to Spent Fuel Transportation. 
March 1988.  Route Selection for Shipments to a High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository:  Discussion Paper and Draft Recommendation.  
March 1988.  Resolution of the Western Interstate Energy Board, "Highway Routing of High-Level Waste Shipments Under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act."  
February 24, 2000 Committee Report Card to DOE on OCRWM's Development of an NWPA Transportation Program. Also includes the Committee's Comments on OCRWM's Draft Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement.
October 19, 2001 Letter to DOE Under Secretary Robert Card on Possible Site Recommendation for Yucca Mountain
November 16, 1999 Testimony of WIEB High-Level Radioactive Waste Committee Co-Chair, Captain Allan Turner, on the Yucca Mountain draft Environmental Impact Statement.
March 3, 1998 Consensus Letter to Energy Secretary Peña Developed At the Second Joint Meeting of the Regional Radioactive Waste Transportation Committees on December 9-10, 1997 , in Las Vegas , Nevada .
February 12, 1998 Comments on the privatization of nuclear waste transportation based on OCRWM's November 24, 1997 Draft Request for Proposals titled, Acquisition of Waste Acceptance and Transportation Services for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
May 12, 1997 Comments on the privatization of nuclear waste transportation based on OCRWM's December 1996 Draft Request for Proposals titled, Acquisition of Waste Acceptance and Transportation Services for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
June 12, 1996 Comments on OCRWM's Notice of Waste Acceptance, Storage, and Transportation Services issued on May 28, 1996.
Comments on DOE’s OCRWM Transportation Report. November 29, 1995 .
Transportation Implications for Various NWPA Program Options. March 1993
Comments on draft report entitled Identification of Factors for Selecting Modes and Routes for Shipping High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel. Filed with Dockets Unit, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. February 28, 1994 .  
Comments on the Near-Site Transportation Infrastructure Report. Letter to Elissa Turner, DOE. March 1993.
Comments on Dedicated Train Study and suggested topics that should be considered. Letter to Gary Watros, DTS. June 10, 1992 .  
The Standard Contract for the Disposal of Spent Fuel and/or High-Level Radioactive Waste. Staff Briefing Paper, April 1992. Prepared for HLW Committee Meeting.  
Contingency Planning and the High-Level Waste Committee's Strategic Transportation Plan. June 1991. (Staff Draft, not reviewed by Committee)
Comments on Draft EAs for Potential Repository Site. March 5, 1985 .
Other documents Yucca Mountain EIS excerpt (can we link to EIS on web)?
Yucca Mountain EA excerpt (scan section)
October 30, 2003.       Draft TEC rail routing paper
November 17, 2003.   Nevada comments