TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN NEW YORK

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Civilian Spent Fuel Shipments, One Repository[Yucca Mountain], No New Reactors, Current Reactor Operations Projected through 2030,MPC Base Case, No Alternative Highway Routes Designated in Nevada

1. Highway Routes from Reactors Using GA 4/9 Truck Casks

a. Highway Through Shipments from New England

(1) HT1 - I-84 from Marion,CT to Elmhurst,PA: 1,299 Truck Casks [Haddam Neck, Pilgrim, Vermont Yankee, Yankee Rowe]

b. Highway Exit Shipments from Eastern New York Reactors

(1) HE1 - I-84 from Beacon,NY to Elmhurst,PA: 733 Truck Casks [Indian Point]

c. Highway Exit Shipments from Western New York Reactors

(1) HE2 - I-81 from Maple View to Syracuse; I-90 from Syracuse to Erie,PA: 452 Truck Casks [Fitzpatrick]

(2) HE3 - I-590/I-390 from Rochester to Henrietta; I-90 from Henrietta to Erie,PA: 315 Truck Casks [Ginna]

2. Rail Routes from Reactors Using MPCs

a. Rail Through Shipments from New England

(l) RT1 - ST from Greenfield, MA to Schenectady to Rotterdam Jct; CR from Rotterdam Jct to Utica to Rome to Syracuse to Solvay to Rochester to Buffalo to Erie, PA: 176 Rail Casks [Maine Yankee, Seabrook]

(2) RT2 - CR from Pittsfield, MA to Selkirk to Schenectady to Utica to Rome to Syracuse to Solvay to Rochester to Buffalo to Erie,PA: 325 Rail Casks [Millstone]

b. Rail Exit Shipments from Western New York Reactors

(1) RE1 - Conrail, Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant to Syracuse to Erie,PA: 219 Rail Casks

(2) RE2 - [HLW/SNF shipments from West Valley via Conrail through Buffalo TBA yet to be determined]

3. Total Shipments Through New York

a. Highway: 2,799 Truck Casks
b. Rail: 720 Rail Casks

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