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The Safety of Transporting Nuclear Material
Over the past 40 years, about 3,000 shipments of spent nuclear fuel have navigated more than 1.7 million miles of U.S. roads and railways.  Of all this travel, no radioactive materials have been released to contaminate humans or the environment as a result from an accident.  The basic safety measures undertaken in the transportation of nuclear material ensures that the industry's safety record will remain undiminished.
Basic Facts on Nuclear Transportation

Keeping Nuclear Transportation Safe

Nuclear Transportation FAQs
Other Links:
Sandia National Laboratories

National Transportation Safety Board

Nuclear Energy Institute

Department of Energy's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

Department of Energy's National Transportation Program

Department of Transportation's Office of Hazardous Materials Safety

Argonne National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory Packaging and Transportation Safety Program

Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Nuclear Science and Technology Division's Transportation Technologies Group
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