Waste Acceptance and Transportation activities
at the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
concentrate primarily on the acceptance and subsequent
transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level
radioactive waste from commercial and government-owned
sites to a proposed geologic repository at the
Yucca Mountain Site in Nevada.
Waste acceptance is the formal process of taking
title to and physical possession of waste from
commercial and government-owned sites. The process
includes establishing annual acceptance allocations,
verification of waste data, and managing contractual
and legal issues associated with waste acceptance.
Transportation of nuclear waste will be conducted
in accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC) and Department of Transportation regulations.
The waste will be transported in NRC-certified
casks along approved transportation routes. Additionally,
technical assistance and funding will be provided
to States and Indian Tribes for training in safe
routine transportation procedures and emergency
response, in accordance with the Nuclear
Waste Policy Act.
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