TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN SOUTH CAROLINA

SC map

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. Rail Routes from Reactors Using MPCs

a. Rail Through Shipments from North Carolina Reactors

(1) RT1 - CSXT from Monroe, NC to Clinton to Greenwood to Athens, GA: 338 Rail Casks [Brunswick, S. Harris]

b. Rail Exit Shipments from South Carolina Reactors

(1) RE1 - NS from Catawba NP to Rock Hill to Charlotte, NC to Gastonia, NC to Blacksburg to Spartanburg to Asheville, NC: 193 Rail Casks [Catawba]

(2) RE2 - NS from Seneca to Gainesville, GA: 214 Rail Casks [Oconee]

(3) RE3 - CSXT from Robinson NP to Columbia to Clinton to Greenwood to Athens, GA: 93 Rail Casks [Robinson]

(4) RE4 - NS from Summer NP to Spartanburg to Asheville, NC: 79 Rail Casks [Summer]

(5) RE5 - NS from Aiken to Augusta, GA: Number of HLW and Spent Nuclear Fuel Rail Shipments TBA yet to be Determined [Savannah River Plant]

2. Total Shipments Through South Carolina

a. Highway: None
b. Rail: 917 Rail Casks

USA Map

If you have come to this page from an outside location click here to get back to mindfully.org