The March 1979 accident at Three Mile Island (TMI) severely damaged the reactor's nuclear fuel and produced about 150 tons of highly radioactive debris. Efforts are underway to remove and transport the material to a government research facility in Idaho for further study. The report describes reasons why the debris is being shipped to Idaho; safety standards used for the shipments; testing of the transportation containers; criteria used to select the shipping route, because of concerns from the July 1986 rail accident in Miamisburg, Ohio, involving fire and hazardous cargo; and emergency planning along the route.


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    Title :

    Nuclear Waste: Shipping Damaged Fuel from Three Mile Island to Idaho


    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    63 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English