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TRANSNET is a compilation of risk and systems analysis codes, routing and cost models and related data that address hazardous and radioactive materials transportation. TRANSNET is the acronym assigned to this system of models and associated data which reside on a dedicated MicroVAX 3800. After obtaining a password, users may access TRANSNET with a modem-equipped personal computer. TRANSNET was developed by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) under the sponsorship of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Defense Programs (subsequently reorganized to the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management). The goals of the TRANSNET system are to speed transfer of technology and data to qualified users by permitting access to the most comprehensive and up-to-date transportation risk and systems analysis models and associated databases. 13 refs.

Under the sponsorship of the US Department of Energy Office of Defense Programs, Sandia National Laboratories' Transportation Technology Center has developed computerized software to assist state and local governments in determining highway routing alternatives for radioactive materials. The techniques have a still wider application in analyzing route alternatives for all hazardous materials transport activities. The specific techniques discussed in this presentation are the latest update of the StateGEN/StateNET model structure and routing algorithm which contains the codified US Department of Transportation (DOT) Guidelines for Highway Route Controlled Quantity shipments of radioactive materials. 6 refs.