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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 958
Book Description
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase, Disposal of Transuranic Waste, Carlsbad
Author: The Office of Environmental Management Technical Reports
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Category : Environmental management
Languages : en
Pages : 972
Book Description
Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309498619
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued an Interim Report evaluating the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE-NNSA's) conceptual plans for disposing of 34 metric tons (MT) of surplus plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a deep geologic repository near Carlsbad, New Mexico. It provided a preliminary assessment of the general viability of DOE-NNSA's conceptual plans, focused on some of the barriers to their implementation. This final report addresses the remaining issues and echoes the recommendations from the interim study.
Improving Operations and Long-Term Safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309183138
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a deep underground mined facility for the disposal of transuranic waste resulting from the nation's defense program. Transuranic waste is defined as waste contaminated with transuranic radionuclides with half-life greater than 20 years and activity greater than 100 nanocuries per gram. The waste mainly consists of contaminated protective clothing, rags, old tools and equipment, pieces of dismantled buildings, chemical residues, and scrap materials. The total activity of the waste expected to be disposed at the WIPP is estimated to be approximately 7 million curies, including 12,900 kilograms of plutonium distributed throughout the waste in very dilute form. The WIPP is located near the community of Carlsbad, in southeastern New Mexico. The geological setting is a 600-meter thick, 250 million-year-old saltbed, the Salado Formation, lying 660 meters below the surface. The National Research Council (NRC) has been providing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) scientific and technical evaluations of the WIPP since 1978. The committee's task is twofold: (1) to identify technical issues that can be addressed to enhance confidence in the safe and long-term performance of the repository and (2) to identify opportunities for improving the National Transuranic (TRU) Program for waste management, especially with regard to the safety of workers and the public. This is the first full NRC report issued following the certification of the facility by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on May 18, 1998. An interim report was issued by the committee in April 2000 and is reproduced in this report. The main findings and recommendations from the interim report have been incorporated into the body of this report. The overarching finding and recommendation of this report is that the activity that would best enhance confidence in the safe and long-term performance of the repository is to monitor critical performance parameters during the long pre-closure phase of repository operations (35 to possibly 100 years). Indeed, in the first 50 to 100 years the rates of important processes such as salt creep, brine inflow (if any), and microbial activity are predicted to be the highest and will be less significant later. The committee recommends that the results of the on-site monitoring program be used to improve the performance assessment for recertification purposes. These results will determine whether the need for a new performance assessment is warranted. For the National TRU Program, the committee finds that the DOE is implementing many of the recommendations of its interim report. It is important that the DOE continue its efforts to improve the packaging, characterization, and transportation of the transuranic waste.
High Level Radioactive Waste Management
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Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 902
Book Description
Nuclear Waste
Author: DIANE Publishing CompanyPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788133985
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
In 1998, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) plans to begin a $19 billion program to dispose of 176,000 c.m. of transuranic waste that will be permanently stored in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a repository near Carlsbad, NM. However, DoE must first obtain from EPA a certificate of compliance with its disposal regulations for radioactive waste and meet the requirements of RCRA for handling and disposing of hazardous waste. This report assesses the prospects for opening WIPP and determines how well DoE is positioned to begin filling it in the first few years of operation and longer.
Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Government Reports Announcements & Index
Author: Scenario Development Methods and Practice
Author: OECD Nuclear Energy AgencyPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This report is a review of developments in scenario methodologies used in analysis of long-term safety of radioactive waste reponsitories and based on a large body of practical experience in safety assessments.
Fuel Cycle to Nowhere
Author: Richard B. StewartPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826517749
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The origins of the current nuclear waste disposal crisis and directions for future policy