Front End Services

The front end of the nuclear fuel cycle - from mining uranium to loading fuel into nuclear reactors - is a global enterprise that requires safe, secure, on-time and on-budget transportation from one stage to the next.

TLI handles radioactive cargoes including uranium ore concentrates, natural and enriched uranium hexafluoride, low and highly enriched uranium, uranium dioxide powder and pellets, fresh fuel rods ready for loading, and by-product materials including tritium, heavy water and a wide range of radioisotopes and related commodities.

TLI coordinates movement of radioactive material across international borders by all modes of transport - plane, ship, truck and train. In conjunction with its subsidiary company, TLI Shipping, LLC, TLI provides chartered vessels when project commitments and requirements demand special routing, procedures or timing.

Back End Services

TLI obtains regulatory approval for spent fuel packages and coordinates all aspects of spent fuel transport. Since the company's founding in 1999, TLI has successfully managed spent fuel shipments from locations worldwide.

TLI serves the world's leading cask owners and facilities that need to transport spent fuel, irradiated research reactor materials and other back-end products from a wide range of countries. TLI's trained and experienced staff ensures that all shipments comply with the rigorous regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency and of national and local governments.

Training, Consulting, and Research

Successful international movements of radioactive material involve a range of regulatory approvals in addition to those associated with transportation and logistical issues. The TLI staff has decades of hands-on experience in implementing package licensing requirements, export control regulations, and Customs and anti-dumping order compliance for radioactive materials and related components. By integrating these activities with its transportation management expertise, TLI provides comprehensive service that minimizes disruption and delay.

• Training - In addition to its rigorous in-house training in U.S. and international regulations applied to packaging and transport of radioactive materials, TLI provides external training to industry members to ensure their understanding of and compliance with relevant regulations. TLI's years of experience, combined with its thorough understanding of federal transport regulations, allows it to tailor training courses to fulfill customer needs, requirements and time constraints.
• Package Validations - To support international movements of radioactive materials, TLI routinely manages validation of transport packages in the United States and other countries. Focusing on thorough knowledge and application of international and national regulations, complete and accurate preparation of requisite application materials and timely submission, TLI ensures that the necessary approvals are in place to support worldwide movements of radioactive cargoes.
• Anti-Dumping Compliance - With a thorough understanding of the U.S. Department of Commerce anti-dumping regulations and applicable Customs requirements - together with meticulous attention to detail - TLI prepares the required documentation and speeds approval for import of uranium into the United States.TLI's comprehensive knowledge of the suspension agreements in the uranium anti-dumping investigation works to avoid delays in processing imports of subject materials.