So like I've said in a few other posts I'm just finishing my first year of otr hazmat tanker. All told things went pretty good for me, no major incidents, problems or catastrophes. Living in the Houston area I hauled mostly petroleum byproducts and other class 3 and class 8 chemicals. I was just wondering if anyone out there hauls class 7 radioactive and how it may differ from other chemicals? Any special precautions? What's the loading and unloading like? Do you need any special plant clearances other than typical hazmat endorsement and a TWIC?
Anyone hauled class 7 / radioactive?
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What’s radioactive and a liquid, besides a molten reactor core?
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Frequently Asked Questions About Liquid Radioactive Releases
Also, and this I've heard a little bit about living in TX, there's some naturally occurring radioactive material that gets brought to the surface due to oil and gas drilling and also from fracking fluid:
Radioactive Waste Material From Oil and Gas Drilling | US EPA
And apparently the Department of Energy operates an entire radioactive liquid waste tank farm in Savannah River, South Carolina:
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2019/02/f59/Radioactive Liquid Waste Facilities.pdfLast edited: Dec 24, 2020
MACK E-6 Thanks this. -
I’ve hauled poison and inhalation hazard type chemicals, but nothing radioactive
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I've heard that fuel rods are suspended in water, or maybe heavy water, during transport.
Yes, there will definitely be special precautions, but I've never messed with radioactive material so I can't speak from firsthand experience. There will be a facility orientation at every plant you visit.
And I'm almost certain you would need a security clearance on top hazmat and a TWIC.MYSTYKRACER Thanks this. -
The people who are hauling radioactive material probably aren't allowed to say anything about it.
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Yes Ive hauled Radioactive out of a place in Aiken SC.
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It was way back in 1969 that I teamed on a load of radioactive waste in drums within a lead-lined cylinder set on end on a drop deck. We were company drivers for Tri-State Motor Transit. The load went from Yankee Atomic Electric, Rowe, MA to a fill and cover dump at West Valley, NY. We had state police escort on the New York Thruway. We wore film badges and pocket dosimeters which became part of our personnel file. When leaving West Valley after the cylinder was unloaded, we had to be checked for radiation at the guard shack. Rumor had it that another Tri-State driver had to leave his boots behind. The company bought his next pair of boots. Our tractor was often used to deliver radioactive on college campuses, and had a short exhaust stack for the tree limbs and a lead liner within the rear of the cab. Yankee at Rowe, MA, was the first atomic electric plant to be mothballed in the USA, in 1992.
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I have hauled Radioactive more than a few times. It always went into a van trailer not a tanker. I wouldn’t want to deal with it in a tanker unless it was a d&h on the delivery end.
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Thanks for the responses!
Did you need special security clearance?
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