为了将放射性材料转移到爱达荷州国家实验室的三个单独的设施中，美国能源部计划建造10英里的新道路，这将允许其运输废物而无需进入美国20号公路。

美国20是美国最长的道路，穿过INL的南部。

DOE officials say the new road will lie within the nearly 900-sq-mile federal nuclear research center in the Arco Desert between Arco and Idaho Falls, Idaho. The $6.2-million project will be built with American Recovery & Reinvestment Act money and is approximately 100 ft south of an existing power-line maintenance road.

The federal research facility, which was established in 1949 as the National Reactor Testing Station, currently employs more than 4,000 people and has a significant economic impact on Idaho Falls and the surrounding communities. The haul road has a completion date of August 2011.

Mike Coffman, senior project manager for Doyon Project Services of Federal Way, Wash., says his firm will have 24 workers onsite at the peak of the project. “We going to do most of the work with local craft labor,” Coffman says.

美国能源部爱达荷州运营办公室的发言人蒂姆·杰克逊（Tim Jackson）表示，这条新路将为未来10年及以后运输数千件材料和废物运输提供替代路线。

杰克逊说：“这条道路将降低货运成本，提高运营效率和公路安全性，18luck.cub并通过最大程度地减少关闭道路的影响来减少对公众的影响。”“目前，运输期间通过美国20送货，在运输期间访问高速公路。”

Jackson adds that total cost savings over a 40-year period are anticipated to be approximately $50 million.

An internal road would allow shipments between INL facilities without affecting public access to the highway. “Presently, shipment schedules are designed to minimize inconvenience to the public, often occurring in the middle of the night, which is not always supportive of INL’s need,” Jackson says.

“The cost and time required for notifications, road closures and shipping container certification is considerable when using the public highway. Improved operations and the ability to do same-day transport between facilities will increase productivity,” he adds.

预计将在未来40年内进行大约10,000至18,000货物。目前，在完全符合美国运输法规的完全遵守时，材料是在美国20号上运输的，或者是完全符合DOT法规的“交通商务”货物。

“Out-of-commerce transportation is shipping on (across or along) a government-controlled road where access by the general public is restricted through the use of gates and guards,” Jackson says.

The project will provide a year-round, nonpublic road entirely within the INL site and provide a more efficient way to transport spent nuclear fuel and special nuclear material.

The trucks used to haul the material range from semi-tractor trailers to dump trucks, with some loads weighing up to 80,000 lb.

Jackson says the new road will allow use of specialized INL shipping containers and eliminates the requirement to use Nuclear Regulatory Commission or DOT-approved containers.

道路上的速度将限制为35英里 /小时，并且仅用于重豪尔的目的。常规流量将继续使用美国20。

Crews are trying to avoid historic artifact areas. Jackson says there are flora and fauna concerns as well.

“A plant species survey was completed in June 2009,” he says. “A walking survey was conducted 100 ft from the middle of the road on each side (200 ft total) to accommodate proposed road widening and turnouts.

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