ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the transportation of low-level waste and spent fuel in the United States. It explores public concerns related to radwaste transportation and outlines the regulations that govern radwaste transportation. Radwastes are produced throughout the world wherever radioactive materials are used or processed. Thus, generators of radwaste include hospitals, industry, educational institutions, power stations, and fuel reprocessing facilities. When radioactive materials are transported, they attract a great deal of public attention, and there is particular concern about shipments of spent nuclear fuel and radwastes. The League of Women Voters has issued several publications that attempt to address public concerns about radioactive waste. A number of international bodies deal with the transportation of radioactive materials, and the majority are sanctioned by or affiliated with the United Nations. Radioactive wastes are produced in many different forms and volumes and with a range of specific activities, several different types of packages are used to transport the wastes.
