Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Project Resources

• Community Readiness Assessment Framework for Transportation (CRAFT) of Spent Fuel By Rail Benchmarking and Ground-Truthing Final Report (2023)

• Planning Guide for Shipments of Radioactive Materials through the Midwestern States (2025)
  • Planning Guide References

• Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Project Flyer (2024)
• Nuclear Footprint in the American Midwest (2024)
• Why Tribes Should Participate in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Tribal Advance Notification (2021)
• Guidance for Establishing Relationships with Tribes (2021)
• Transportation Institutional Issues Archive: The Post Yucca Mountain Years (2020)
• Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Guidance for States Brochure (2019)
• The Vital Role of States in Transportation Planning (2013)
• Brochure on CSG’s Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Project (2013)
• Development Guide for DOE Site-Specific Transportation Campaign Fact Sheet (2012)
  • Development Guide Crosswalk (2012)
• State Experiences Utilizing DOE Transportation Dollars (2010)
• The Handbook of Radioactive Waste Transportation (2005)
• Route Identification Project Final Report (2005)

• “Improving Public Information Regarding Radioactive Waste Shipments” (2013) – Lisa Janairo and Ken Niles
• “The Role of State Governments in the Transportation of Radioactive Waste” (2013) – Jane Beetem
• “Siting and Transportation for Consolidated Used Nuclear Fuel Management Facilities: A Proposed Approach for a Regional Initiative to Begin the Dialogue” (2013) – Alex W. Thrower and Lisa Janairo
• “Improving the Way State and Federal Co-Regulators Communicate about Risk” (2009) – Earl Easton and Lisa Janairo
• “Transportation of High-Level Radioactive Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel: Proposed Rail Inspection Program to Promote Reciprocity” (2009) – Pat Edwards and Tim Runyon
• “State Shipment Fees as a Supplemental to Federal Financial Assistance under Section 180(c) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act” (2009) – Lisa Janairo – Lisa Janairo
• “Why DOE’s Messages on Transportation Don’t Resonate with the Public (and What DOE Can Do to Fix the Problem)” (2008) – Lisa Janairo and Ken Niles
• “A Collaborative Approach to Transportation Planning: Federal and State Perspectives on Section 180(c) Program Development” (2006) – Corinne Macaluso, Thor Strong, Lisa Janairo and Elizabeth Helvey
• “Lessons Learned from a Regional Approach to Route Selection for Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments to Yucca Mountain” (2006) – Sarah Wochos

The following is an excerpted, condensed rendition of the 2002 U.S. Department of Energy’s “Final Environmental Impact Statement For a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada.” The purpose of these documents is to retain the structure and language of the original but in an abbreviated form to achieve greater accessibility for a wider audience. Whilst minor edits have been made in the interest of clarity, these should be considered an abridged reproduction of the original and can be used as a textual supplement to the DOE’s “Reader’s Guide and Summary.”

• Volume I Chapter 1: Purpose and Need for Agency Action (compiled by M.M. Shahzadeh 02/2025)
• Volume I Chapter 2: Proposed Action and No-Action Alternative (compiled by M.M. Shahzadeh 04/2025)
• Volume I Chapter 3: Affected Environment (compiled by M.M. Shahzadeh 07/2025)
• Volume I Chapter 4: Environmental Consequences of Repository Construction, Operation and Monitoring, and Closure (compiled by M.M. Shahzadeh 05/2026)

• MRMTC Digital Library of Historic Training, Exercise, and Demonstration Videos (2022)

• “Regional Tribal Briefing” – CSG Midwest/MRMTC Regional Tribal Engagement Work Group
  • Regional Tribal Briefing
  • BIA Regional Offices
  • Midwest Transportation Routes and Tribal Lands
• “DOE START Training for MRMTC Members and Other Interested Parties” – CSG Midwest/MRMTC and DOE Office of Nuclear Energy
• “Nuclear Waste Policy: Defining the Problem” – CSG Midwest/MLC and CSG South/SLC
• “Nuclear Waste Policy: Searching for Solutions” – CSG Midwest/MLC and CSG South/SLC

• Operating Commercial Nuclear Reactors in the Midwest
• Shutdown Commercial Nuclear Reactors in the Midwest
• Spent Nuclear Fuel in Storage in the Midwest
• Projected Impact of Shipments on the Midwestern States

• Web page on shipment fees charged by states

• Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee e-newsletter archive