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Transportation
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Radioactive materials are being transported safely, and have been transported safely, without significant impact on public or occupational health, for more than 30 years. In the United States, radioactive material transportation is regulated by the U. S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and by the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), and is better regulated, with a considerably better safety record, than any other hazardous material transported.
Only 5% of all the hazardous materials shipped annually in the United States, contain radioactive materials. Of that 5%, approximately five million packages, almost all are transported for medical, research, industrial, or educational use.
Radioactive materials from nuclear power plants account for only 4% of all radioactive materials transported. Shipments to waste disposal sites like the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and the Yucca Mountain repository, would add about 3000 shipments per year - an increase of about 0.1% in the number of packages shipped and about 1% in the number of shipments.
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