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Nuclear Waste Transportation

• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - WM 2012 Conference, February 26-March 1, 2012, Phoenix, Arizona, USA; PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF SPENT FUEL SHIPMENTS: RESOLUTION OF STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS THROUGH RULEMAKING- 12284 - James D. Ballard, PhD, Robert J. Halstead, Fred Dilger, PhD
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - Representative Transportation Routes to Yucca Mountain and Transportation Impacts (Cask Shipments by State) - Fred Dilger PhD
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - States Potentially Affected by Shipments to Yucca Mountain, Nevada - Fred Dilger PhD
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - Congressional Districts Potentially Affected by Shipments to Yucca Mountain, Nevada - Fred Dilger PhD., Black Mountain Research (pdf-1.39MK)
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - Yucca Mountain, Transportation Issues, University of Nevada -Las VegasFebruary 19, 2015 - Fred C. Dilger, PhD
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - Stakeholder Transportation Scorecard: Reviewing Nevada's Recommendations for Enhancing the Safety and Security of Nuclear Waste Shipments – 13518 - Fred C. Dilger PhD, Black Mountain Research, James D. Ballard, PhD, Department of Sociology, California State University, Northridge Robert J. Halstead, State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - Stakeholder Transportation Scorecard: Reviewing Nevada's Recommendations for Enhancing the Safety and Security of Nuclear Waste Shipments - Fred C. Dilger PhD, Black Mountain Research, James D. Ballard, PhD, Department of Sociology, California State University, Northridge, Robert J. Halstead
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - YUCCA MOUNTAIN TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS IN NEVADA - Fred C. Dilger, PhD., Black Mountain Research
• State of Nevada - American Nuclear Society International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference: Repository Transportation Planning, Risk Management, and Public Acceptance: Lessons Learned - Bob Halstead, Fred Dilger, PhD (pdf-182K)
• State of Nevada - Slides: American Nuclear Society International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference: Repository Transportation Planning, Risk Management, and Public Acceptance: Lessons Learned - Bob Halstead, Fred Dilger, PhD (pdf-2.4M)
• State of Nevada - WM2011 Conference--Yucca Mountain Transportation Planning: Lessons Learned, 1984-2009 - Robert J. Halstead, Fred Dilger, James D. Ballard (pdf-1.26M)
• State of Nevada - Waste Management 2011: Yucca Mountain TransportationLessons Learned -11256 - Bob Halstead; Fred Dilger, PhD; Dave Ballard, PhD (pdf-1.8M)

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• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - NUREG 2125 w/cover letter
• Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects - Additional General Comments On Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment, NUREG-2125,

• NRC - NUREG-2125, "Spent Fuel Transportation Risk Assessment, Draft Report for Comment" (pdf-50.45M)

• State of Nevada - Counties Potentially Affected by High-level Nuclear Waste Shipments to Yucca Mountain, NV - Fred Dilger PhD. (pdf-798K)

• State of Nevada - WM2012 Symposia--Physical Protection of Spent Fuel Shipments: Resolution of Stakeholder Concerns through Rulemaking-12284 - Fred Dilger, James D. Ballard, PhD, Robert J. Halstead (pdf-770K)
• State of Nevada - WM2012 Symposia--Full-Scale Cask Testing and Public Acceptance of Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments Abstract # 12254 - Fred Dilger, Robert J. Halstead, James D. Ballard, PhD (pdf-641K)

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• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Proposed Rule, Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit, 10 CFR Part 73 (pdf-2.9M) (May 23, 2011)

• State of Nevada - Letter from Governor Brian Sandoval to Energy Secretary Steven Chu Regarding Routing of Low-Level and Mixed Hazardous & Low-Level Waste Shipments to the Nevada National Security Site (pdf-54K)

• State of Nevada - WM2011 Conference--Yucca Mountain Transportation Planning: Lessons Learned, 1984-2009 - Robert J. Halstead, Fred Dilger, James D. Ballard (pdf-1.26M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Proposed Rule, Physical Protection of Irradiated Reactor Fuel in Transit, 10 CFR Part 73 (pdf-2.9M)

2010 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - Topics for Discussion at a Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation Licensing Conference on June 23 – 24, 2010 (pdf-73K)

2009 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - National HLRW Transportation Map Showing Areas Affected By Rail and Truck Shipments of Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-718K) (April 27, 2009)
• State of Nevada - Las Vegas Valley HLRW Transportation Maps Showing Areas Affected By Rail and Truck Shipments of Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-1.42M) (April 27, 2009)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management's Draft National Transportation Plan (DOE/RW-0603)--April 21, 2009 (pdf-995K) (April 27, 2009)

• State of Nevada - Bruce Breslow, Executive Director's Report to the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects (pdf-40K)
• State of Nevada - Comments to the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects - Bob Halstead, Transportation Advisor (pdf-72K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management's Draft National Transportation Plan (DOE/RW-0603)--April 21, 2009 (pdf-995K)
• State of Nevada - National HLRW Transportation Map Showing Areas Affected By Rail and Truck Shipments of Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-718K)
• State of Nevada - Las Vegas Valley HLRW Transportation Maps Showing Areas Affected By Rail and Truck Shipments of Nuclear Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-1.42M)

• State of Nevada - Nevada Motion to Surface Transportation Board to Suspend or Reopen (proceeding to consider DOE’s Public Certificate of Convenience and Necessity application for Caliente rail line). (pdf-1.57M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's October 31, 2008 Federal Register Notice on Implementing the Section 180(c) Provisions of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (pdf-404K)

• State of Nevada - Gimme Three Steps: The Changing Political Landscape of High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal - Fred Dilger PhD, James D. Ballard PhD, Robert J. Halstead (pdf-2.09M)

2008 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• DOE - Draft Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, October 2008, DOE/EIS-0396 (pdf-30.8M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada's Petition to Intervene in the NRC's Licensing Proceeding for Yucca Mountain (pdf - 13.54)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments at the U.S. Surface Transportation Board's Public Hearing on DOE's Application to Construct and Operate a Rail Line From Caliente, Nevada to Yucca Mountain (December 4, 2008) (pdf-390K)

• State of Nevada - Potential Consequences of a Successful Sabotage Attack on a Spent Fuel Shipping Container - Radioactive Waste Management Associates (pdf-2.69M)

• State of Nevada - Yucca Mountain Rail Transportation Environmental Issues - Presentation of Robert Halstead to the Association of Transportation Law Professionals' Forum V, Washington, DC (November 10, 2008) - 5.12M)

• State of Nevada - Yucca Mountain Transportation Impacts and Regulatory Challenges - Presentation by Robert Halstead at Hazmat Expo 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada (November 5, 2008) - Robert J. Halstead (pdf-1.66M)

• State of Nevada - Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto Files Challenge to Yucca Mountain Radiation Standard )pdf-71K)
• State of Nevada - Petition for Review (pdf-39K)

• U.S. Congress - Letter from the Nevada Congressional Delegation to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board Regarding DOE's Application to Construct and Operate a Rail Line to Yucca Mountain (pdf-220K)

• State of Nevada - Testimony of Dr. James David Ballard before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (September 24, 2008) (pdf-1.1M)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Perspectives on DOE's Proposed Nevada Rail Line - Presentation of Robert J. Halstead to the U. S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada (September 24, 2008) (pdf-1.2M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Application to the Surface Transportation Board for a Certificate of Public Conveyance and Necessity for the Proposed Caliente Rail Spur to Yucca Mountain (pdf-4.89M)

• Nevada Rail Partners - Comparative Cost Estimates Caliente Rail Corridor Summary Report - Nevada Rail Partners (Under contract to Bechtel SAIC) (pdf-1.38M)
• Black Mountain Research - Congressional Districts Potentially Affected By Shipments to Yucca Mountain - Fred Dilger, Ph.D. (pdf-2.87M)
• Black Mountain Research - Counties Potentially Affected by Shipments to Yucca Mountain - Fred Dilger (pdf-208K)

• State of Nevada - Cover Letter - State of Nevada Motion to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to Amend the State's Motion Reject DOE's Application for the Caliente Rail Line (pdf-76K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada's Motion to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to Amend the State's Motion Reject DOE's Application for the Caliente Rail Line (pdf-202K)
• State of Nevada - Exhibit A for the State of Nevada's Motion to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to Amend the State's Motion Reject DOE's Application for the Caliente Rail Line (pdf-290K)

• State of Nevada - STB Finance Docket No. 35106 United States Department Of Energy - Rail Construction And Operation - Caliente Rail Line In Lincoln, Nye, And Esmeralda Counties, Nevada State of Nevada’s Notice of Intent to Participate (pdf-78K)
• State of Nevada - Before The Surface Transportation Board STB Finance Docket No. 35106 United States Department of Energy – Rail Construction and Operation – Caliente Rail Line in Lincoln, Nye, and Esmeralda Counties, Nevada State of Nevada’s Notice of Intent to Participate (pdf-134K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada's Motion Asking the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) To Reject DOE's Application for the Construction and Operation of a Rail Line to Yucca Mountain, or Alternatively, to Require Responsive Comments Only After the Application Has Been Fully Completed By Proper Supplement (pdf-242K)
• State of Nevada - Cover letter transmitting the State of Nevada's Motion to the Surface Transportation Board (pdf-77K)

• State of Nevada - Assessing the Vulnerability of Yucca Mountain Shipments: A Threat Matrix for Human-Initiated Events, Paper presented at the Waste Management 2008 Conference in Phoenix, AZ (February 24 - 28, 2008) - J.D. Ballard, PhD, et.al (pdf-587K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Perspective on the U.S. Department of Energy Yucca Mountain Transportation Program, Paper presented at the Waste Management 2008 Conference in Phoenix, AZ (February 24 - 28, 2008) - Robert J. Halstead, et. al (pdf-2.24M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Perspective on the U.S. Department of Energy's Yucca Mountain Transportation Program - Presentation at the Waste Management 2008 Conference, Pheonix, AZ (February 25, 2008) - Robert Halstead, et.al. (pdf-3.33M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE’s Notice of Revised Proposed Policy on the OCRWM Plan for the Implementation of Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (pdf-393K)

• State of Nevada - Yucca Mountain Comments from the Nevada Congressional Delegation (pdf-611K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada comments on DOE Draft Yucca Mountain Repository Supplemental EIS (pdf-1.05M)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Draft Nevada Rail Corridor Supplemental EIS and Draft Rail Alignment EIS (pdf-274k)

2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• State of Nevada - Planning for an Unpredictable Event: Vulnerability and Consequence Reassessment of Attacks on Spent Fuel Shipments (paper presented at WM 2005, the 32nd annual Waste Management Symposium, in Tucson, Arizona, on March 2, 2005) (pdf-344K)

• State of Nevada - Statement of Jim Hall, Transportation Policy Consultant, on Behalf of the State of Nevada Agency For Nuclear Projects on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for The Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel And High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada at the Public Hearing in Washington, DC on December 5, 2007 (pdf-53K)

• State of Nevada - Statement of Robert Halstead, Transportation Advisor, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects on the U.S. Department of Energy's Draft Repository Supplemental EIS and Draft Rail Alignment EIS at the Public Hearing in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 3, 2007 (pdf-1.0M)

• State of Nevada - Comments of Robert Halstead on DOE's Draft Yucca Mountain Supplemental EIS and Draft Rail Corridor/Rail Alignment EIS at the Public Hearing in Amargosa Valley, NV (November 26, 2007) (pdf-848K)

• State of Nevada - Comments of Robert Halstead on DOE's Draft Yucca Mountain Supplemental EIS and Draft Rail Corridor/Rail Alignment EIS at the Public Hearing in Reno, NV (November 19, 2007) (pdf-1.75M)

• State of Nevada - Comments of Robert Halstead on DOE's Draft Yucca Mountain Supplemental EIS and Draft Rail Corridor/Rail Alignment EIS at the Public Hearing in Caliente, NV (November 15, 2007) - Bob Halstead (pdf-209K)

• State of Nevada - Letter from Bob Loux to OCRWM Director Ward Sproat Requesting a 60 day Extension of the Comment Period for the Draft Supplemental Yucca Mountain EIS and the Draft Rail Alignment EIS (pdf-152K)

• State of Nevada - Yucca Mountain Transportation: Implications for the State of California Presentation by Robert Halstead to the California Energy Commission IEPR Committee Workshop on Nuclear Power Issues, Sacramento, California (June 25, 2007) (pdf-1.99M)

• State of Nevada - Reconnecting to the Caliente Rail Route – Implications for the Las Vegas Valley, Presentation to Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 23, 2007 - Bob Halstead, Fred Dilger, PhD (pdf-2.48M)

• State of Nevada - Presentation to the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects: Review of Proposed Mina/Schurz Rail Route – Impacts on Northern Nevada Communities - Robert Halstead (pdf-4.25M)
• Waste Management 2007 - Yucca Mountain Transportation Security Issues - Presentation at the Waste Management Conference, Tuscon, AZ (2/26/07) - James David Ballard, Ph.D., Robert J. Halstead, Fred Dilger, Ph.D. and Henry Collins, PE, CHP (pdf-3.13M)

• ESRA Consulting Corporation - After September 11th: Risk Assessment of Native American Pueblos and Tribes of New Mexico on the Impacts of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and its Transuranic Nuclear Waste Transportation Routes - Presentation to the Transportation Research Board of The National Academy of Sciences, TRB 86th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.,23 January 2007 - Sandy H. Straus (pdf-2.90M)

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• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV (71FR198, October 13, 2006, 60490-60494) (pdf-106K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada's Comments on DOE?s Amended Notice of Intent To Expand the Scope of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Alignment, Construction,and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV (Federal Register Notice of 10-13-06) (pdf-326K)

• NAS:Transportation Research Board - 86th Annual Meeting - January 21-25, 2007: After September 11, 2001: Risk Perception and Risk Assessment of American Indian Pueblos and Tribes of New Mexico on the Impacts of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and Its Transuranic Nuclear Waste Transportation Routes (07-3268) - Sandy H. Straus, ESRA Consulting Corporation

• State of Nevada - 2006 State of Nevada Yucca Mountain Survey - Summary Report (pdf-150K)

• State of Nevada - Statement of The State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects on The U.S. Department Of Energy’s Notices of Intent to Amend The Scope of The Yucca Mountain Rail Alignment Draft EIS and Prepare a Supplement to The Final Yucca Mountain EIS (pdf-260K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE Draft Environmental Assessment for Proposed Infrastructure Improvements for the Yucca Mountain Project (pdf-170K)
• US Court of Appeals - Final Decision Regarding Nevada's Challenge to DOE's Selection of Caliente Rail Route (pdf-177K)

• State of Nevada - Report on Clark County's Impact Assessment Studies - Presentation to the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects (July 7, 2006) - Sheila Conway, Ph.D. (pdf-161K)

• State of Nevada - Statement of Robert R. Loux Executive Director Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects before The United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (pdf-54K)

• State of Nevada - Two Independent Federal Investigations Blast DOE - Bob Loux (pdf-23K)
• State of Nevada - Slide Presentation to the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects Las Vegas meeting April 26, 2006 RE: Global Nuclear Energy Partnership--What is it? How does it relate to Yucca Mountain? - Victor Gilinsky (pdf-638K)
• Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance - Letter to Sen Domenici and Sen Bingaman RE: to express our concern over S. 2589, The Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Act (pdf-76K)

• State of Nevada - Letter from Nevada Attorney General George Chanos to other states' AGs concerning the Administration's proposed "fix" Yucca Mountain legislation (pdf-70K)

• State of Nevada - Letter to Sen. Domenici RE: Recent public discussions between the Energy Department’s scientists and the NRC Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste (pdf-118k)

• Western Governors Association - Letter from the Western Governors' Association to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Regarding DOE's Proposed Yucca Mountain Legislation (S.2589 Author:  Western Governors Association (pdf-289K)
• Gov. Theodore Kulongoski (Oregon) - Letter from Oregon Governor Theodore R. Kulongoski to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman Regarding DOE's Proposed Yucca Mountain Legislation, Author:  Gov. Theodore Kulongoski (Oregon) (pdf-70K)

• State of Nevada - The "Fix is In" on the "Fix-Yucca" Bill (pdf-14K)
• State of Nevada - Critique of DOE’s Proposed Yucca Mountain Legislation (pdf-74K)
• U.S. Senate - Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Act (pdf-43K)

• State of Nevada - Presentation Slides: Status of the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository--Science, Technology, and Security Seminar, Stanford, March 7, 2006 - Victor Gilinsky (pdf-1.57M)

• State of Nevada - Papers Presented at the 'Waste Management 2006' conference in Tucson, AZ:
  -- Full-Scale Cask Testing Revisited, Again - Robert Halstead and Fred Dilger, Ph.D. (pdf-80K)
  -- Any Way to Run a Railroad: Implications of Dedicated Trains - Fred Dilger, Ph.D. and Robert Halstead (pdf-509K)
  -- Great Expectations: An Examination of Section 180c Funding Allocations - Fred Dilger, Ph.D. and Robert Halstead (pdf-93K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Draft Report on Spent Fuel Transportation Package Response to the Baltimore Tunnel Fire Scenario (NUREG/CR-6886, PNNL-15313) (pdf-65K)

2005 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

• Nuclear Engineering International Magazine - Railroading Nevada - Fred Dilger and Robert Halstead (pdf-391K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Perspective on the Proposed Caliente Rail Corridor - Presentation to the WIEB HLW Committee - Oct 13, 2005 - Robert Halstead (pdf-5.93M)

• State of Nevada - Update: Counties Potentially Affected by the Rail Shipment of High Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel to Yucca Mountain (pdf-1.87M)
• State of Nevada - Update: Counties Affected by Truck Shipments of High-Level Radioactive Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-132K)
• State of Nevada - Update: Potential Rail, Barge and Truck Routes to Yucca Mountain (pdf-3.04M)
• DOE - Letter to Hon. J. Bennett Johnston, Chairman, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Re: A New Strategy for Management of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel (pdf-200K)
• DOE - New Yucca Mountain Repository Design to be Simpler, Safer and More Cost Effective (pdf-37K)
• DOE - Yucca Mountain – Program Redirection Fact Sheet (pdf-58K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the Department of Energy's Draft Environmental Assessment for the Withdrawal of Public Lands for the Proposed Caliente Rail Corridor(pdf-127K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Preliminary Comments On DOE's Draft Environmental Assessment for the Caliente Rail Corridor Land Withdrawal (pdf-54K)

• DOE - Department of Energy Policy Statement for Use of Dedicated Trains for Waste Shipments to Yucca Mountain (pdf-27K)

• State of Nevada - The State of Nevada Reply Brief in the Legal Case Challenging DOE's Yucca Mountain Transportation Mode and Rail Corridor Decision (pdf-1,97M)

• WGA - Policy Resolution 05-15 - Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste (July 14, 2005) (pdf-27K)

• State of Nevada - Hot Time in The City: Which Shipment Mode for High Level Nuclear Waste Affects Urban Areas Most -- Conference Paper - Waste Management 2005 - Fred Dilger and Robert Halstead (pdf-1.89M)
• State of Nevada - Integrating Hazards Assessment and Impact Assessment: The Case of The Caliente Rail Corridor to Yucca Mountain -- Conference Paper - Waste Management 2005 - Fred Dilger and Robert Halstead (pdf-791K)
• State of Nevada - Measures of Community Impact for The Transportation of Hazardous Materials: The Case of Indian Tribes and High-Level Nuclear Waste -- Conference Paper - Waste Management 2005 - Fred Dilger, Robert Halstead, James David Ballard (pdf-1.24M)
• State of Nevada - Planning for an Unpredictable Event: Vulnerability and Consequence Reassessment of Attacks on Spent Fuel Shipments -- Conference Paper - Waste Management 2005 - Robert Halstead, James David Ballard, Fred Dilger (pdf-336K)

• State of Nevada - Nuclear Waste Transportation from California to Nevada - A Presentation to the California Integrated Waste Management Board, Anaheim, California, May 12, 2005 - Robert Halstead (pdf-7.85M)

• State of Nevada - Presentations at Waste Management 2005 Tucson, AZ - February 28, 2005

• State of Nevada - Opening Brief in the State of Nevada's Legal Case Challenging DOE Yucca Mountain Transportation Mode and Rail Corridor Decision (pdf-3.43M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Views on the Proposed CalienteRail Corridor - Bob Halstead, Fred Dilger (pdf-4.51M)

• State of Nevada - Yucca Mountain Transportation Update -- Presentation to California State Agency Representatives California Energy Commission Sacramento, CA January 12, 2005 - Bob Halstead, Fred Dilger (pdf-5.58M)

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• State of Nevada - Annual statewide survey shows Nevadans are increasingly opposed to a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain (pdf-45K)
• State of Nevada - Summary Report - 2004 Nevada State Yucca Mountain Survey (pdf-95K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on BLM’s May 21, 2004 Federal Register Regarding DOE's Application to Withdraw Land for the Proposed Caliente Rail Corridor [NV–040–1430–ET–007F; 4–08807] (pdf-1.02M)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's April 8 2004 Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for the Alignment, Construction, and Operation of a Rail Line to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada (pdf-984K)

• State of Nevada - Letter to Attorney Generals of Affected States re: Planned Shipment of Wastes from Fernald, Ohio to Nevada Test Site - Brian Sandoval, Attorney General (pdf-31K)

• State of Nevada - Cover Letter - State of Nevada Comments on NRC's Discussion Paper, 10 CFR 71, New Subpart I, Proposed Rule Regarding Change Authority for Dual-Purpose (Storage and Transport) Spent Fuel Casks (pdf-55K)
• State of Nevada - General Comments on NRC's Discussion Paper, 10 CFR 71, New Subpart I, Proposed Rule Regarding Change Authority for Dual-Purpose (Storage and Transport) Spent Fuel Casks (pdf-98K)

• State of Nevada - CEQ Investigation of the Energy Department’s Usurpation of Procedural Laws for Developing a 319-Mile Rail Line in Nevada (pdf-42K)

• State of Nevada - Letter to Ms . Jessie H . Roberson, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, DOE from Brian Sandoval, Attorney General Re: Planned Shipment of Wastes from Fernald to Nevada Test Site (pdf-47K)
• State of Nevada - Letter from Robert Loux to Margaret Chu requesting an extension of time for comments on the DOE's Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the proposed Caliente rail spur and asking for additional public scoping meetings. (pdf-63K)
• State of Nevada - DOE Map Showing Land Use and Ownership along the Proposed Caliente Rail Corridor
• State of Nevada - DOE Map of the Proposed Caliente Rail Spur

• State of Nevada - Cover Letter for the State of Nevada Comments on BLM's Caliente Rail Corridor Federal Register Notice (pdf-51K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on BLM's Federal Register Notice of Proposed Land Withdrawal for DOE's Caliente Rail Corridor (pdf-286K)

• State of Nevada - Paper Presented at the Waste Management '04 Conference in Tucson, AZ (February 29 - March 4, 2004) -Testing to Failure: Design of Full-Scale Fire and Impact Tests for Spent Fuel Shipping Casks," by Robert Halstead and Fred Dilger. (pdf-217K)
• State of Nevada - Power Point Presentation at the Waste Management '04 Conference in Tucson, AZ (February 29 - March 4, 2004) - Testing to Failure: Design of Full-Scale Fire and Impact Tests for Spent Fuel Shipping Casks," by Robert Halstead (pdf-31K)
• State of Nevada - Power Point Presentation at the Waste Management '04 Conference in Tucson, AZ (February 29 - March 4, 2004) - Beyond the Mountains: Nuclear Waste Transportation and the Rediscovery of Nevada, by Robert Halstead (pdf-2.48M)

• State of Nevada - Paper Presented at the Waste Management '04 Conference in Tucson, AZ (February 29 - March 4, 2004) - "Beyond the Mountains: Nuclear Waste Transportation and the Rediscovery of Nevada," by Robert Halstead, Fred Dilger, and James David Ballard. (pdf-957K)

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• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Transportation External Coordination Working Group Draft Rail Topic Group Paper on Rail Routing (pdf-76K)

• State of Nevada - Press Release - October 2003 Yucca Mountain Survey (pdf-96K)
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Yucca Mountain Survey - October, 2003 (pdf-81K)

• State of Nevada - Presentation of Robert Halstead to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners - July 25, 2003 (pdf-3.01M)

• State of Nevada - Presentation of Jim Hall to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada(pdf-34K)
• State of Nevada - Presentation of Robert Loux to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada(pdf-72K)
• State of Nevada - Presentation of Robert Halstead on Yucca Mountain Transportation Risk and Impact Issues to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada(pdf-168K)
• State of Nevada - Presentation of Robert Halstead on Yucca Mountain Transportation Access Issues to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada(pdf-1.94M)
• State of Nevada - Presentation of Dr. James David Ballard to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada(pdf-95K)
• State of Nevada - Presentation of Dr. Marvin Resnikoff to the National Academy of Sciences Study Committee on Transportation of Radioactive Waste, July 25, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada(pdf-557K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Package Performance Study Test Protocols -NUREG-1867 (pdf-114K)

• ESRA - Title: "Survey Results of Environmental Representatives of all New Mexico Native American Pueblos and Reservations on the Risks Associated with the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and its Transuranic Nuclear Waste Transportation Routes" by Sandy H. Straus - Environment, Safety, and Risk Associates Corporation (April 2003) (pdf-226K)

• State of Nevada - Remarks of Robert Loux, Executive Director, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects to the NRC's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste, April 22, 2003

• State of Nevada - Radiological Impacts of Incident-Free Transportation to Yucca Mountain: Collective and Maximally Exposed Individual Doses - Paper presented at the Health Physics' Society Annual Meeting, June 2002 (pdf-472K)

• State of Nevada and Clark County -- Waste Management 2003
  -- Rail Access To Yucca Mountation: Critical Issues - Robert J. Halstead, Fred Dilger, Richard C. Moore, P.E (pdf-1.22M)
  -- Many Roads to Travel: Alternative Approaches to Route Selection for Yucca Mountation Shipments - Fred Dilger, Robert J. Halstead (pdf-1.29M)

• State of Nevada and Clark County -- Waste Management 2003
  -- Implications of the Baltimore Rail Tunnel Fire for Full-Scale Testing of Shipping Casks - Robert J. Halstead, Fred Dilger (pdf-52K)
  -- How Many Did You Say? Historical and Projected Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments in the United States, 1964-2048 - Robert J. Halstead, Fred Dilger (pdf-52K)
  -- Slides: Implications of the Baltimore Rail Tunnel Fire for .Full-Scale Testing of Shipping Casks - Robert J. Halstead, Fred Dilger (pdf-106K)

• State of Nevada - Remarks of Robert R. Loux to the U. S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on the State of Nevada's Approach to High-Level Nuclear Waste Transportation Risk Management (2/25/03) (pdf-106K)

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• State of Nevada - Letter from Robert Loux to NRC Chairman Richard Meserve Regarding Full-Scale for Spent Fuel Shipping Casks (pdf-64K)

• State of Nevada - Letter from Robert Loux to ACNW Chairman George Hornberger Requesting a Follow-up Session to ACNW's November 19 - 21, 2002 Transportation Workshop (pdf-94K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on DOE's Draft Statement of Work For a Transportation Integration Contractor (pdf-28K)

• State of Nevada - Letter to NRC Chairman Richard Meserve; Re: Supplemental Comments on the Proposed Rulemaking Pursuant to the Provisions of 10 CFR 2.802 Regarding the ''Special Requirements of Plutonium Shipments,'' 10 CFR 71.63, NRC Docket No. PRM-71-12 (pdf-22K)

• State of Nevada - Request for Proposals: Contract Services for Monitoring Socioeconomic and Transportation Impacts Associated with the Yucca Mountain High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository Project and Providing Research and Information Support for Legal Cases and Licensing Activities Related to the Repository Project (pdf)

• State of Nevada - Results of the State of Nevada Yucca Mountain Survey, June, 2002 (pdf-272K)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Position on How DOE Must Approach Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste Transportation Planning

• State of Nevada - Highway, Rail and Barge Routes to Yucca Mountain
• State of Nevada - Testimony of Dr. James David Ballard Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 22, 2002 (pdf-40K)
• State of Nevada - Testimony of Robert J. Halstead Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 22, 2002 (pdf-48K)

• State of Nevada - Statement of Kenny C. Guinn Governor of The State Of Nevada Before The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcomittees on Railroads and Transportation and Hazardous Materials (pdf-56K)
• State of Nevada - Written Testimony of Dr. Marvin Resnikoff to the Transportation Subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives on April 25, 2002 (submitted for the record) (pdf-20K)
• State of Nevada - Testimony of Robert J. Halstead before the Transportation Subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives on April 25, 2002 (pdf-669K)

• State of Nevada - Written Testimony of Professor James David Ballard before the Transportation Subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives on April 25, 2002 (pdf-26K)

• State of Nevada - Counties Affected by Truck Transportation to Yucca Mountain

• UER - Report on Impacts to Property Values in Clark County from Shipments of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-445KB)
• UER - Property Value Impacts to Washoe and Elko Counties from Shipments of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste to Yucca Mountain (pdf-771KB)

• RWMA - Worst Case Credible Nuclear Transportation Accidents: Analysis for Urban and Rural Nevada - Matthew Lamb, Marvin Resnikoff, Ph.D. and Richard Moore, P.E. (pdf-3.59KB)

• State of Nevada - Graphic: Counties Affected by Truck Transportation to Yucca Mt.
  -- Available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) || Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format (640x491) (800x618) (1024x791) (1280x988) (1584x1223)
• State of Nevada - Graphic: Counties Affected by Rail Shipments to Yucca Mountain
  -- Available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) || Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format (640x494) (800x618) (1024x791) (1280x988) (1584x1223)

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• State of Nevada - Letter from Gov. Guinn to Sen. Reid, re: report entitled, ''Radiological Consequences of Severe Rail Accidents Involving Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments to Yucca Mountain: Hypothetical Baltimore Rail Tunnel Fire Involving Spent Nuclear Fuel''
• State of Nevada - Radiological Consequences Of Severe Rail Accidents Involving Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments To Yucca Mountain: Hypothetical Baltimore Rail Tunnel Fire Involving SNF

• State of Nevada - Risky Transit -- The Federal Government’s Risky and Unnecessary Plan to Ship Spent Nuclear Fuel and Highly Radioactive Waste on The Nation’s Highways and Rail Roads (pdf-971KB)

• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Evaluation of DOE's July, 1998 Shipment of Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel through Northern Nevada; After Action Report (pdf-68KB)

• State of Nevada - Testimony of Robert Halstead Before the Nevada State Senate Transportation Committee on Senate Joint Resolution No. 4 (March 22, 2001)

• State of Nevada - Report and Recommendations of The Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects

  2000

• State of Nevada - Correspondence from Bob Loux to Mr. William Brach, NRC Regarding NUREG 6672 - Reexamination of Spent Fuel Shipment Risk Estimates
• NRC - Response from Chariman Meserve Re: Reexamination of Spent Fuel Shipment Risk Estimates
• State of Nevada - Correspondence from Bob Loux to Dr. Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, NRC Regarding NUREG 6672 - Reexamination of Spent Fuel Shipment Risk Estimates
• Yucca Mountain EIS Contractor's Comments
• Nuclear Waste Transportation Maps
• State of Nevada - Additional State of Nevada Comments to the NRC on Nevada's Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to Safeguards for Spent Fuel and HLW Shipments
• State of Nevada - Comments of Robert J. Halstead on Behalf of The State Of Nevada Agency For Nuclear Projects Regarding The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Study Assessing Risks of Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Accidents (Modal Study Update)
• NRC - Rulemaking petitions: Nevada, 49410-49413 [FR Doc. 99-23691]
• State of Nevada - Letter to Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Re: Nevada's Petition To Institute Rulemaking To Amend Regulations Governing Safeguards for Shipments of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Against Sabotage and Terrorism and To Initiate A Comprehensive Assessment
• State of Nevada - Petition To Institute Rulemaking And To Initiate A Comprehensive Assessment
• State of Nevada - Governor and Attorney General Seek Tougher Protections Against Nuclear Waste Terrorism
• State of Nevada - Fact Sheet: Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste to a Repository
• DOE - ANNUAL REPORT - FY 1998: Shipments to and from the Nevada Test Site (NTS)
• DOE - ANNUAL REPORT - FY 1998: Shipments to and from the Nevada Test Site (NTS)
• State of Nevada - Final State Comments on NRC's February 26, 1999 Federal Register Notice on Spent Fuel Transportation
• State of Nevada - Letter to Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, Chairman, NRC from Robert R. Loux, Executive Director, Agency for Nuclear Projects re: extension of public comment period on the proposed changes for environmental review for renewal of nuclear power plant operating licenses
• NRC - NRC - Changes to Requirements for Environmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Licenses: Spent Fuel Transportation Impacts
• NRC - NRC - Changes to Requirements for Environmental Review for Renewal of Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses; Availability of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Proposed Rule and Notice
• State of Nevada - The Fiscal Effects of Proposed Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel on Nevada State Agencies
• State of Nevada - Reported Incidents Involving Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments 1949 to Present
• State of California - Assemblymember Sheila James Kuehl's Letter to Governor Pete Wilson, RE: AB 2192, The Radioactive Materials Transportation Safety Act of 1998
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on Section 180c Revised Policy and Procedures - April 30, 1998
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments - RE: Scope of the Private Fuel Storage, L.L.C. (PFS) Environmental Impact Statement, Docket No. 72-22
• State of Nevada - Non-Human Assessment Technology (NAT) for Rad-Met Accident/Terrorist Incidents - Using technology to save lives and protect the health of first responders - By James David Ballard
• State of Nevada - State of Nevada Comments on The U.S. Department of Energy's Draft Request for Proposals (Rfp) for The Acquisition of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Acceptance and Transportation Services (Draft RFP Number DE-RP01-98RW00320)
• DOE Training Calendar for the Foreign Research Reactor Spent Fuel Shipment - Updated March 26, 1998
• Update on The U.S. Department Of Energy'S Proposed Shipment of Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel through Northern Nevada
• Results of a 1997 National Nuclear Waste Transportation Survey
• Insurance Coverage for Nuclear Accidents: Price-Anderson Act Re-Authorization
• The Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
  Contractor Report Addressing Most Current Spent Fuel and HLW Transportation Routing Scenarios, Including Up-To-Date National Maps
  
• A Preliminary Study of Sabotage and Terrorism As Transportation Risk Factors Associated with The Proposed Yucca Mountain High-Level Nuclear Facility
• Nuclear Waste Transportation and Safety Issues - The Risk of Terrorism and Sabotage Against Repository Shipments
• State/Air Force correspondence - Chalk Mountain Heavy Haul Route
• State Of Nevada Comments On The U.S. Department Of Energy's Draft RFP For The Acquisition Of Waste Acceptance And Transportation Services For The Office Of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DRAFT RFP NUMBER DE-RP01-97RW00320)
• Radiation Exposures From Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Nuclear Waste Transportation to a Geologic Repository or Interim Storage Facility in Nevada
• Fact Sheet: Foreign Research Reactor Spent Fuel Shipments
• Will Nuclear Waste Travel Through Your State
• State of Nevada - An Independent Cost Assessment of The Nation's High-Level Nuclear Waste Program
• Fact Sheet: Terrorism Considerations in the Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste
• Report Provides New Information on Projected Nuclear Waste Shipments to Nevada
• State of Nevada Comments on the Department of Energy's Federal Register Notice of Waste Acceptance, Storage, and Transportation Services
• Summary - DOE's Notice of Proposed Policies - Section 180(c)
• State of Nevada Comments on the U.S. Department of Energy's May 16, 1996 Notice of Proposed Policy and Procedures for Safe Transportation and Emergency Response Training
• U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration - Safety Compliance Oversight Plan for Rail Transportation of High-level Radioactive Waste & Spent Nuclear Fuel