TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN WEST VIRGINIA

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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 Dsignated in Nevada

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

a. Highway Through Shipments from Pennsylvania Reactors

(1) H1 - I-70 from Washington, PA to Wheeling; I-470 from Wheeling to St. Clairsville, OH: 1,080 Truck Casks [Peachbottom]

2. Rail Routes from Reactors Using MPCs

a. Rail Through Shipments from Virginia Reactors

(1) RT1 - CSXT from Point of Rocks, MD to Harpers Ferry to Cherry Run to Cumberland, MD: 146 Rail Casks [North Anna]

(2) RT2 - CSXT from Covington, VA to Prince to West Charlestown to St Albans to Barboursville to Huntington to Kenova to Catlettsburg, KY: 123 Rail Casks [Surry]

3. Total Shipments Through West Virginia

a. Highway: 1,080 Truck Casks
b. Rail: 269 Rail Casks

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