DescripciónDOE-70-9008 TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE Shipment of long-lived, low-level radioactive wastes to the U.S. Department of Energy’s repository is accomplished by using special railcars which have sealed steel removable containers in which packaged drums of waste are placed. The massive double-walled steel cars, built and owned by DOE, are currently used for transporting radioactive wastes generated at DOE's Rocky's Flats (Colorado) Plant. Here workmen guide a cargo container into one of two bays in the 60-foot long rail car, 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: Oak Ridge Operation Office, DOE
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