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Alabama nuclear waste transport routemaps

Alabama barge transport routes

Alabama truck and rail transport routes

Under a "mostly truck" transport scenario, the Department of Energy projects 1,755 shipments of toxic high-level, nuclear waste will travel through Alabama en route to Yucca Mountain.

Under a "mostly train" shipping scenario, the Department of Energy projects 2,413 train shipments of deadly high-level, nuclear waste will travel through Alabama en route to Yucca Mountain. At least 173 barge shipments will be sailed down the Tennessee River.

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