In accordance with the latest international regulations and supported by our large fleet of
spent fuel transport casks, our proven team of cask operators and field engineers constantly provide full scope services to relocate and manage nuclear materials domestically and internationally.
With the increase of fossil
fuel transport in recent years the yard has become a crucial staging ground for coal trains headed to Canadian export terminals and oil trains bound for Washington refineries.
If it carries 13,000 containers then 1
kg fuel transports one container for one hour over a distance of 45 km.
The US military uses mobile microgrids in places like Afghanistan
where fuel transport is inherently dangerous and difficult.
As Gal Luft, co-chairman of the Set America Free coalition, a bipartisan alliance of national security, labor, environmental and religious groups that believe reducing oil consumption is a national priority, points out: the majority of U.S. oil imports go to
fueling the transport sector - primarily cars and trucks.
Based on its experience developing other
spent fuel transport and storage systems, NAC established a capacity for the UMS that was large enough to economically meet utility needs, but within a reasonable licensing envelope to allow early deployment, a strategy that proved to be quite successful.
The mining of that coal would also destroy Northern Cheyenne lands in Montana's Powder River Basin, and all along the way
fossil fuel transport would harm the fishing and treaty rights of Native Americans.
For coal and gas, these lifecycle energy uses and emissions come from extraction machinery and
fuel transport.
Working with the policy team from 2012 to 2015, Ben worked on legislative, budgetary, and regulatory issues related to electricity generation and transmission, fossil
fuel transport, and transportation fuels at the state and federal level.