Figure 1 Average Wind Speeds for Different Directions

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Figure 1: Average Wind Speeds for Different Directions during Baltimore Tunnel Fire*

Figure 1: Average Wind Speeds for Different Directions during Baltimore Tunnel Fire*

Figure 2: Frequency of Wind Direction (Blowing From) During Baltimore Tunnel Fire

Figure 2: Frequency of Wind Direction (Blowing From) During Baltimore Tunnel Fire

Figure 3: DOE’s Proposed Routes to Yucca Mountain Source: U. S. Department of Energy,

Figure 3: DOE’s Proposed Routes to Yucca Mountain Source: U. S. Department of Energy, 1999. Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. (DOE/EIS-0250 D).

Figure 4: Steel-Lead-Steel Rail Cask Timeline July 22, early am: last cars are removed

Figure 4: Steel-Lead-Steel Rail Cask Timeline July 22, early am: last cars are removed From tunnel 3: 07 PM: Emergency Brakes Activated, Postulated Beginning of Fire 3: 25 PM: Conductor drives engines out North end of tunnel, radios train dispatcher 4: 15 PM: Fire Dept. is notified 5: 00 PM: Inner Harbor Closed, Camden Yards Evacuated 5: 45 PM: Civil Defense, Sirens sound, radio and t. v. warnings issued urging residents to stay indoors, shut windowsand turn off A. C. 4: 00 PM: Tripropylene Tanker is removed; other wreckage continues to burn 6: 15 PM: Water main break at Howard/Lombard intersection July 18 July 19 8: 13 PM: Steel-Lead-Steel Rods begin to fail by burst rupture (T=1050 o. F) maximum release occurs 5: 43 PM: Steel-Lead-Steel Rods begin to fail by creep rupture (T=650 o. F) 4: 55 PM: Steel-Lead-Steel Cask seals completely fail (T=600 o. F) 4: 27 PM: Steel-Lead-Steel Cask seals begin to fail (T=500 o. F) radioactive release begins July 20 July 21

Figure 5: Monolithic Steel Rail Cask Timeline July 22, early am: last cars are

Figure 5: Monolithic Steel Rail Cask Timeline July 22, early am: last cars are removed From tunnel 3: 07 PM: Emergency Brakes Activated, Postulated Beginning of Fire 3: 25 PM: Conductor drives engines out North end of tunnel, radios train dispatcher 4: 15 PM: Fire Dept. is notified 5: 00 PM: Inner Harbor Closed, Camden Yards Evacuated 5: 45 PM: Civil Defense, Sirens sound, radio and t. v. warnings issued urging residents to stay indoors, shut windowsand turn off A. C. 4: 00 PM: Tripropylene Tanker is removed; other wreckage continues to burn 6: 15 PM: Water main break at Howard/Lombard intersection July 18 July 19 July 20 3: 34 AM: Monolithic Steel Cask rods fail by burst rupture (T=750 o. C); maximum release occurs 6: 30 PM: Monolithic Steel Cask seals completely fail (T=400 o. C) 5: 29 PM: Monolithic Steel Cask seals begin to fail (T=350 o. C); radioactive release begins July 21