Impacts of Acts of Sabotage and Terrorism on Spent Nuclear Fuel Casks

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada analyzed the consequences of a successful act of sabotage on a spent nuclear fuel cask. These consequences were estimated for two spent nuclear fuel casks and two high energy density devices. The Environmental Impact Statement found that the consequences of a successful act of sabotage were similar to the consequences of the maximum reasonably foreseeable transportation accident.