Guide to radioactive materials transportation

The purpose of this guide is to describe the uses of radioactive materials, the laws and regulations that cover their handling and transport, and the interrelationships of the federal, state, and local governments concerned with their movement. Since this topic is technical and involves many agencies, a glossary of commonly used terms as well as a list of acronyms appear at the end of this guide. Maps of reactor sites and of the nuclear fuel conversion, enrichment, and fabrication locations are included in the appendices. There is also a table showing each state's low-level waste production and the use of disposal sites. Both the maps and the table are useful in giving some idea of the multiple transportation routes used to ship some classes of radioactive materials. 31 refs