A New Specialized Train Is Ready to Haul Nuclear Waste
Cars That Think
JULY 17, 2024
The result is Atlas, a multi-car system designed to move about 217 tonnes of SNF and high-level radioactive waste to future storage and disposal destinations. While trucks’ legal weight limit is 36 tonnes , rail can efficiently handle high-capacity SNF casks and contaminated soil from cleanup sites in one shipment.
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