INL TO KEMMERER NATRIUM • ORNL TO HERMES • NRC 10 CFR 73 CONVOY • BRIDGE STRESS

Oak Ridge & Idaho National Lab to Commercial SMR Demo Site Corridor Guide

Comprehensive transit routing, bridge gross axle rating analysis, railhead heavy sidings, and multi-state police convoy harmonization for advanced fission test and commercial demonstration reactors.

INL Materials & Fuels Complex → Kemmerer Unit 1 Natrium Site

215 MILES • 345 MWe DEMO

Transporting TerraPower Natrium liquid sodium pool reactor modules and molten salt thermal storage vessels from Idaho National Laboratory across the Caribou Range into southwestern Wyoming's coal-to-nuclear transition zone.

Rail Transload Hub

UP Pocatello Yard (ID)

Critical Bridge

Bear River Crossing US-30

Haul Platform

20-Axle Dual-Lane Dual-Gooseneck

Security Escort

ISP / WHP Tactical Convoy

Critical Engineering Waypoints & Bridge Protocols

MP 035:

INL Scoville Siding → US-20 / US-26 Southeast Incline

Auxiliary pusher tractor engaged to negotiate lava-bed undulations. Dry N2 bottle pressure logged every 15 minutes.

MP 118:

Pebble Creek Pass Elevation Incline (US-30 Bannock County, ID)

Maximum grade 5.4%. Dynamic driveline retarders and hydraulic assist hubs to maintain continuous forward momentum without thermal brake glazing.

MP 195:

Wyoming State Line → Kemmerer Substation Access Road

Naughton Power Plant heavy haul haul-road transition with 8" compacted road base to sustain 850,000 lb gross combination vehicle footprint.

Request Nuclear Corridor Clearance

Coordinate NRC Category 1 security escorts, bridge stress modeling, and state DOT permits with Exspeedite Nuclear Logistics.

Nuclear Transit Rules:

• Pre-trip NRC 10 CFR 73 communication rehearsal.

• Daylight-only transport with continuous encrypted satellite telemetry.

• Designated DOE / DOD safe havens at 50-mile intervals.