The Transportation Technology Center

In 1978, DOE officials surveyed the various DOE laboratories with the intent of selecting a lead laboratory for conducting basic transportation technology development. The Transportation Technology Center (TTC) was established that same year with Sandia as the lead contractor, largely as a result of the effectiveness of the full-scale crash tests and the desing, analysis, and testing technology that supported the effort.

Sandia's TTC was given the mission of coordinating packaging and transportation R&D efforts among DOE's national laboratories and contractors. Sandia's programs anticipate future system needs, identify potential problems, and develop innovative technology to solve transportation and packaging problems and needs for DOE and other Federal agencies. The Labs' core technology and experience provide the necessary basis for a systematic approach to waste management packaging and transportation issues.