Open Search
Close Search
Whistleblower

The Safety and Security of Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation

Full Committee Hearing
Date:  Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Time:  2:00 PM
Location:  SR

The hearing will examine the safety and security challenges relating to the transportation of nuclear waste, including the potential transportation of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository. The hearing will review the current regulatory structure for the shipping and transport of nuclear waste, as well as any concerns regarding the impact of increased nuclear waste transportation.

Committee Members

  • Daniel K. Inouye

    Senator

Opening Remarks

  • Harry Reid

    United States Senator
    Nevada

  • John Ensign

    United States Senator
    Nevada

Testimony

  • Ed Pritchard

    Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance, Federal Railroad Administration
    U.S. Department of Transportation
    Download document

  • Michael Weber

    Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Download document

  • Ted Willke

    Associate Administrator for Hazardous Material Safety, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
    U.S. Department of Transportation
    Download document

  • Edward Sproat

    Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
    U.S. Department of Energy
    Download document

Witness Panel 2

  • Kevin Crowley

    Senior Board Director, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
    National Academy of Sciences
    Download document

  • Edward Hamberger

    President and CEO
    Association of American Railroads
    Download document

  • Sandra Schubert

    Director
    Environmental Working Group
    Download document

  • James Ballard

    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
    California State University
    Download document
Print 
Email 
Share 
Share