Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee
State Fees
Click on the state name to go to the state statute or rule pertaining to
shipment fees. Please note that this site compiles fees
specifically on shipments of radioactive waste. It does not
include permit and registration fees.
Illinois
Applies to:
spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, high-level radioactive
waste, and highway route-controlled quantity of radioactive
materials
Shipments by
truck: $2,500 per truck to be paid by the shipper
Surcharge: For routes greater than 250 miles, $25 per mile for single
cask truck shipments on each truck, charged on the portion
over 250 miles
Shipments by rail: $4,500 for the first cask, $3,000 for each additional cask to be
paid by the shipper
Indiana
Applies to: spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, and low-level
radioactive waste
Spent nuclear fuel and high-level waste: $1,000 for each cask
Low-level waste: $100 for each total shipment (for truck, interpreted as $100 for
all trucks from the same site passing through the state in one day)
Iowa
Applies to:
spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic
waste, and low-level radioactive waste
Spent nuclear fuel, transuranic waste, and high-level waste:
Shipments by truck: $1,800 per truck cask for each shipment
Surcharge: $20 per mile for every mile over 250 miles traveled for
single-cask truck shipments
Shipments by rail: $1,300 for the first cask, $125 for each additional cask
Low-level waste: $175 per truck or train
Minnesota
Applies to: high-level radioactive waste
Shipments by truck or train: $1,000 per each vehicle
Nebraska
Applies to: high-level radioactive
waste (including spent fuel) and transuranic waste
Shipments by truck or train: $2,000 per cask
Ohio (this legislation has been introduced, but not yet passed)
Applies to:
spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, transuranic
waste, and highway route-controlled quantity of radioactive materials
Shipments originating in the state:
Shipments by truck: $2,500 per truck cask for each shipment
Shipments by rail: $4,500 for the first cask, $3,000 for each additional cask
Shipments originating out of the state:
Shipments by truck: $3,500 per truck cask for each shipment
Shipments by rail: $5,500 for the first cask, $4,000 for each additional cask
For information on fees in Western
states, please visit the Western Interstate Energy Board's fees
page, at
http://www.westgov.org/wieb/radioact/transportfees.htm
For
more information, contact:
Lisa R.
Janairo
last updated:
May 20, 2008
