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Improving operations and long-term safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant : final report / Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council.
LIBRA TD898.14.S34 N382 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- Compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (N.M.)--Safety measures.
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (N.M.).
- Radioactive waste repositories--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region--Safety measures.
- Radioactive waste repositories.
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region--Safety measures.
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.
- Alpha-bearing wastes--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region--Management--Safety measures.
- Alpha-bearing wastes.
- Management.
- Industrial safety.
- New Mexico--Carlsbad Region.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 142 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Site Performance 2
- Site Characterization 3
- The National TRU Program 4
- Waste Characterization and Packaging 4
- Waste Transportation 5
- Site Performance and Characterization 15
- The National Transuranic Program 16
- 2 Repository Performance Confirmation 20
- Regulatory Requirements for Monitoring 21
- Site Performance Issues 22
- Brine Migration and Moisture Access to the Repository 22
- Gas Generation in the Repository 23
- Magnesium Oxide Backfill 25
- Salt Healing and Disturbed Rock Zone Integrity 26
- Site Characterization Issues 27
- Geohydrological Characterization of the Rustler Formation 27
- Oil, Gas, and Mineral Production 28
- Baseline Radiogenic Analysis of Subsurface Fluids 31
- 3 National Transuranic Waste Management Program 33
- Waste Characterization and Packaging 33
- Waste Characterization and Packaging Requirements 33
- Total Inventory of Organic Material in the Repository 34
- Waste Transportation 34
- DOE's Communication and Notification Program 35
- DOE's Emergency Response Program 37
- Rail as a Transportation Option for Certain TRU Waste 38
- Gas Generation Safety Analysis for TRUPACT-II Containers 40
- Overarching Finding 42
- Overarching Recommendation 42
- A1. Interim Report 51
- A2. DOE's Response to the Interim Report 109
- B. Human Intrusion Scenarios 123.
- Notes:
- "Support for this study was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under cooperative agreement numbers DE-FC01-94EW54069 and DE-FC01-99EW59049"--T.p. verso.
- Errata slip inserted.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0309073448
- OCLC:
- 47258448
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