Toward a National Transportation Effort

摘要

Congress created the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB or Board) in the 1987 Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act to evaluate the technical and scientific validity of activities undertaken by the secretary of energy to implement the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and to advise Congress and the secretary on technical issues related to nuclear waste management. Among the topics specifically identified for NWTRB evaluation is the transportation of spent nuclear fuel (SNF), both commercial and federally managed, and high-level radioactive waste.