TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN WYOMING

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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 Eastern and Midwestern Reactors

(1) H1 - I-80 from Kimball, NE to Pine Bluffs to Cheyenne to Laramie to Rawlins to Rock Springs to Green River to Evanston to Salt Lake City, UT: 3,826 Truck Casks [Big Rock, Fitzpatrick, Fort Calhoun, Ginna, Haddam Neck, Indian Pt, La Crosse, Monticello, Palisades, Pilgrim, Vermont Yankee, Yankee Rowe]

2. Rail Routes from Reactors Using MPCs

a. Rail Through Shipments from Eastern and Midwestern Reactors

(1) RT1 - UP from Julesburg, CO to Cheyenne to Laramie to Granger to Ogden, UT: 7,757 Rail Casks [Arkansas, Beaver Valley, Browns Ferry, Brunswick, Byron, Calvert, Catawba, Clinton, Cook, Cooper, Davis-Besse, Dresden, D. Arnold, Fermi, Farley, Grand Gulf, Hatch, Kewaunee, Limerick, Maine Yankee, McGuire, Millstone, Nine Mile Pt, North Anna, Oconee, Oyster Creek, Perry, Pt Beach, Prairie Island, Quad Cities, River Bend, Robinson, Salem/Hope Creek, Seabrook, Sequoyah, S. Harris, South Texas, Summer, Surry, Susquehanna, Three Mile Island, Turkey Pt, Vogtle, Waterford, Watts Bar, Wolf Creek, Zion]

b. Rail Through Shipments from Colorado Reactors

(1) RT2 - UP from Greeley, CO to Cheyenne to Laramie to Granger to Ogden, UT: Rail shipments of HTG Spent Fuel TBA yet to be determined [Fort St Vrain]

3. Total Shipments Through Wyoming

a. Highway: 3,826 Truck Casks
b. Rail: 7,757 Rail Casks

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