The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is seeking public comment on a National Transportation Plan. The plan outlines DOE’s current strategy and planning for developing and implementing a system to ship spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and high-level radioactive waste (HLW) safely and securely from where the material is generated or stored to the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

One of OCRWM’s strategic objectives is to “develop and begin implementation of a comprehensive national transportation plan that accommodates state, local, and tribal concerns and input to the greatest extent practicable.” This plan is a step toward achieving this objective.

Comments may be submitted before April 30, 2009 via this form or by regular mail to:

Mr. Frank Moussa
U.S. Department of Energy, OCRWM Office of Logistics Management
1000 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20585-0001

Related Official Documents

• Final Nevada Rail Corridor SEIS and Final Rail Alignment EIS
• 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, Nevada, October 13, 2006 [pdf]
• Record of Decision on Mode of Transportation and Nevada Rail Corridor for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV, April 2004 [pdf]

Additional Information

Additional information on transportation planning may be found on this Web site or via electronic request or directed in writing to:

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
U.S. Department of Energy
1551 Hillshire Drive, M/S 523
Las Vegas, NV 89134
Telephone 1-800-967-3477

Last reviewed: 01/09