State issues and recent experience in spent fuel shipping

Spent fuel shipments in the United States have increased in recent years due to transfers between the West Valley, NY, GE-Morris, Illinois, spent fuel pools and utilities. This paper examines seven states affected by spent fuel transport, the issues that developed, and the actions that were taken by the states. Implications for future spent fuel shipments, in particular the DOE shipments to a federal repository, are discussed. Major impacts result from the states and localities adoption of requirements that may be in conflict with national regulation related to highway safety for radioactive materials