DescriptionPhoto No. ERDA-70-9007 TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE Shipment of long-lived, low-level radioactive wastes to the Energy Research and Development Administration's repository is accomplished by using special railcars which have sealed steel removable containers in which packaged drums of waste are placed. These massive double-walled steel cars, built and owned by the ERDA, are currently used for transporting radioactive wastes generated at the ERDA's Rocky Flats (Colorado) Plant. Here workmen guide a cargo container into one of two bays in the 60-foot long railcar, known as the "ATMX," which has a load capacity of approximately 100,000 pounds. The ATMX car has been designed and constructed to assure that even in the event of a severe accident involving a collision, followed by extensive fire and subsequent immersion in water, the wastes will be safely contained. Credit: USERDA, Oak Ridge Operations Office
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