cover image: Position Statement #18 - Transportation of Radioactive Materials Title - ANS supports the continued

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Position Statement #18 - Transportation of Radioactive Materials Title - ANS supports the continued

15 Jul 2021

Position Statement #18 Transportation of Radioactive Materials Title The transportation of radioactive materials in the United States and the transported package, on the amount of fissile material that can worldwide has been conducted with an excellent safety record. [...] The be transported, on the radiation exposure of workers and crews of safety record of shipments of radioactive material has demonstrated transport vehicles, and on the amounts of radioactive materials that that the regulations currently in place are sufficient to protect can be released to the environment. [...] simulated by a 30-foot drop onto an unyielding surface, 30 minutes in a completely engulfing fire at 1475°F (800°C), and immersion Background under 50 feet (15 meters) of water.4 Millions of shipments of radioactive materials have taken place in the United States since the inception of commercial nuclear energy Studies of the risk posed by the transportation of radioactive production—by road, rail. [...] The UNF cargo was not damaged, the material was can be accomplished without adding any significant radiological contained within the package, and the health and safety of the risk to the population along the shipping routes.9,10 International public was not put at risk from the radioactive material. [...] The material.7 regulations currently in place adequately protect the health and safety of the public as well as the environment, and current A few shipments of UNF or HLW have been involved in transportation practices and procedures enable the continued safe transportation accidents.7 While extremely rare, severe accidents have taken of radioactive materials.
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