Perspectives on Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Sabotage

A transportation risk assessment is performed for spent nuclear fuel and comparisons are made to the transportation fatality risk of hazardous materials and electricity production fuels. An investigative analysis of a successful sabotage attack is presented. The sensitivity of primary parameters affecting the sabotage consequences is studied. A parametric study is performed on sensitive parameters and the consequence of a sabotage attack is established with an estimation of uncertainty. The sabotage analysis results from this work are compared with reported radiological dispersal device analysis from literature.