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Facts and figures on nuclear fuel transports
With under 500 transports per year, the transports of nuclear fuel and large sources licensed by the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE) are only a small portion of the total number of transports of radioactive materials. The largest number of radioactive material transports are carried out for measurement, research and medical purposes. These are not licensed by BASE but are subjected to other regulations.
The transport licenses granted by BASE may be effective for single or several transports. They are in principle temporary. The longest possible validity is three years. The license holder is not obliged to make use of it.
The following tables give a survey of the number of licenses granted by BASE in the past years and the number of transports carried out.
Nuclear fuel transports 2008-2017
Granted transport licenses and transports carried out 2009 - 2019
The following survey shows
- how many licenses were granted by BASE between 2009 and 2019 and
- how many transports of nuclear fuel and large sources were carried out on the basis of these licenses.
| Year | nuclear fuel | large source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| licenses granted | transports carried out | licenses granted | transports carried out | |
| 2019 | 43 | 452 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 71 | 466 | 10 | 13 |
| 2017 | 63 | 436 | 14 | 19 |
| 2016 | 92 | 396 | 21 | 15 |
| 2015 | 69 | 405 | 11 | 11 |
| 2014 | 109 | 410 | 7 | 6 |
| 2013 | 100 | 423 | 11 | 10 |
| 2012 | 95 | 478 | 13 | 16 |
| 2011 | 96 | 310 | 26 | 22 |
| 2010 | 103 | 451 | 17 | 18 |
| 2009 | 93 | 435 | 17 | 16 |
Transport destinations
In detail: Transports of nuclear fuel carried out from 2008 to 2018 broken down by destination
The table shows the nuclear fuel transports of the past years broken down by
- national transports only,
- export transports,
- import transports and
- transit transports.
| Year | National | Export | Import | Transit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 27 | 198 | 81 | 160 |
| 2017 | 30 | 184 | 65 | 157 |
| 2016 | 32 | 148 | 53 | 163 |
| 2015 | 28 | 145 | 62 | 170 |
| 2014 | 31 | 160 | 76 | 143 |
| 2013 | 35 | 141 | 94 | 153 |
| 2012 | 49 | 210 | 92 | 127 |
| 2011 | 59 | 104 | 44 | 103 |
| 2010 | 69 | 170 | 91 | 121 |
| 2009 | 50 | 202 | 114 | 68 |
| 2008 | 69 | 198 | 131 | 78 |
Transport mode
In detail: Transports of nuclear fuel carried out in 2018 broken down by transport mode
The by far greatest part of the nuclear fuel is transported by road. In 2018, 372 transports were carried out, ca. 80%.
Another common practice to transport nuclear fuel is shipment by sea. Of the altogether 94 shipments by sea carried out in 2018, 34% are allocated to transit traffic, 17% to import traffic and 42% to export traffic.
| Transport mode | Number of transports |
|---|---|
| Road | 372 |
| Inland waterway | 0 |
| Sea | 1 |
| Sea + rail | 0 |
| Sea + road | 93 |
| Rail | 0 |
| Rail + road | 0 |
| Rail + road + sea | 0 |
| Air | 0 |
| Air + road | 0 |
| Air + road + sea | 0 |
| Total | 466 |
State of 2019.03.01