DOE Contract DE-NE0008390 titled “Design and Prototype Fabrication of Railcars for Transport of High-Level Radioactive Material” was awarded August 15 of 2015 ISO developing a fleet of railcars to be used for the transport of SNF, HLW and GTCC,...
from the article:
................The fabrication process is underway for the Fortis railcar project. Fortis is one of two high-tech railcars the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is developing to help transport the nation’s spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
Fortis is expected to be operational before the end of the decade [12/31/30]............
5,617 days to go from "Hey let's build a railcar!!" to "Got one!!!" (maybe),...
January 19, 1942: President Roosevelt approves the creation of an atomic bomb. Arthur Compton creates the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago
July 16, 1945: The Gadget, the world’s first atomic test device, successfully detonates at the Trinity Site in the remote New Mexico desert
1, 174 days to go from "make it so Number 1" to "Big Bada Boom",...
"the greatest generation" is a pretty accurate description,....
it's all been downhill since 1945,....