Operational considerations in specifying legal weight vehicles for the highway transport of spent nuclear fuel

Operational considerations in specifying legal weight vehicles for the highway transport of spent nuclear fuel [electronic resource]

This paper presents the results of a research project in which tractor manufacturers and carrier companies were interviewed to gather information on operational concerns in specifying a tractor to haul legal weight spent fuel casks. The system was assumed to operate very close to the 80,000 pound le...

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Corporate Author: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Las Vegas, Nev. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1990.
Subjects:
Design.
Land Transport.
Radioactive Waste Management.
Nuclear Fuels.
Reliability.
Recommendations.
Weight.
Fuels.
Vehicles.
Fuel Elements.
Human Factors.
Regulations.
Research Programs.
Planning.
Energy Sources.
Storage.
Inspection.
Management.
Standards.
Materials.
Reactor Materials.
Maintenance.
Spent Fuels.
Trucks.
Spent Fuel Storage.
Motor Vehicle Operators.
Waste Management.
Transport.
Reactor Operation.
Operation.
Reactor Components.
Accidents.
Engineered Safety Systems.
Management Of Radioactive And Non-radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities.
Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials.
Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization.

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