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Facts about transportation of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Radioactive Waste Shipments
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The Department of Energy prefers the Caliente Corridor because it is remote, has few land use conflicts, and can avoid Air Force land. The railroad, when it’s complete, will occupy a strip of land about 200 feet wide. The mile-wide corridor set aside by the Bureau of Land Management allows them to finalize the “exact” route of the railroad within that corridor. The land “not” used will return to its previous status. Existing rail lines can carry shipments as far as Caliente. One DOE option brings shipments through Goldfield. Two others bypass the town. From there, shipments would travel generally west, winding through passes and valleys. The closest town is Rachel, in Lincoln County, about 20 miles south. From there it’s northwest, skirting mountains and the northern edge of the Air Force Test and Training Range, to Warm Springs Summit. The line would be visible from Nevada Route 6 as it crosses the 62-hundred foot summit. The line would continue west to a point about 15 miles north of Goldfield, where it turns south. The line would then pass about 3 miles east of Goldfield—not through the town itself. Click on image to watch video about nuclear waste and DOE's rail transporation plans. Nevada map showing proposed rail corridors
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