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Many Roads to Travel: Alternative Approaches to Route Selection for Yucca Mountation Shipments.

DE2004827456

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Dilger, F.; Halstead, R. J.
Page Count	16
Abstract	This paper examines the routing implications of the potential shipment of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The authors describe a model which can be used to evaluate the impacts of transporting spent nuclear fuel nationally and in the State of Nevada. The authors used this model to evaluate the cross-country highway routes identified in the DOE's Final Environmental Impact Statement and three alternative routing scenarios. The authors evaluate these routing scenarios based on four attributes: counties, exposed populations, total county populations, and shipment miles. The authors further evaluate the impacts of these alternative routing scenarios on two selected corridor states. The authors conclude that routing decisions have significantly different impacts on different state and local governments.
Keywords	High-level radioactive wastes Yucca mountain Transportation of hazardous materials Routing States(United States) Local government Environmental impacts Nevada Scenarios GIS(Geographic information systems)
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Clark County Nuclear Waste Division, Las Vegas, NV.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, Carson City.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, Carson City. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200510

Many Roads to Travel: Alternative Approaches to Route Selection for Yucca Mountation Shipments.

Many Roads to Travel: Alternative Approaches to Route Selection for Yucca Mountation Shipments.
DE2004827456

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Dilger, F.; Halstead, R. J.
Page Count	16
Abstract	This paper examines the routing implications of the potential shipment of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The authors describe a model which can be used to evaluate the impacts of transporting spent nuclear fuel nationally and in the State of Nevada. The authors used this model to evaluate the cross-country highway routes identified in the DOE's Final Environmental Impact Statement and three alternative routing scenarios. The authors evaluate these routing scenarios based on four attributes: counties, exposed populations, total county populations, and shipment miles. The authors further evaluate the impacts of these alternative routing scenarios on two selected corridor states. The authors conclude that routing decisions have significantly different impacts on different state and local governments.
Keywords	High-level radioactive wastes Yucca mountain Transportation of hazardous materials Routing States(United States) Local government Environmental impacts Nevada Scenarios GIS(Geographic information systems)
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Clark County Nuclear Waste Division, Las Vegas, NV.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, Carson City.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, Carson City. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200510