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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant : a potential solution for the disposal of transuranic waste / Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (N.M.).
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground--Environmental aspects--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region.
- Radioactive waste disposal in the ground.
- Radioactive wastes--Storage--Environmental aspects--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region.
- Radioactive wastes.
- Alpha-bearing wastes--Storage--Environmental aspects--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region.
- Alpha-bearing wastes.
- Radioactive waste sites--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region--Design and construction.
- Radioactive waste sites.
- Radioisotopes--Migration--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region.
- Radioisotopes.
- Salt deposits--New Mexico--Carlsbad Region--Permeability.
- Salt deposits.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume discusses the readiness of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, to serve as a geological repository for transuranic radioactive waste. WIPP is located in a Permian-age bedded salt deposit 658 meters below the surface. The committee has long reviewed DOE's readiness efforts, now aimed at demonstrating compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Site characterization studies and performance assessment modeling are among the topics considered in this volume.
- Contents:
- The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations on DOE Studies
- SUMMARY
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- TRANSURANIC WASTE: WHAT IT IS, WHERE IT COMES FROM, WHERE IT MUST GO
- GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN SALT
- HISTORY OF WIPP
- THE WIPP UNDERGROUND FACILITY TODAY
- THE DISPOSAL PLAN
- REGULATION AND LICENSING OF WIPP
- FRAMEWORK FOR THE REPORT
- Chapter 2 Regulatory Compliance and Repository Performance
- EPA STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE
- Undisturbed and Disturbed Repository Performance
- Containment Requirements
- 40 CFR 191 and 40 CFR 194 Radiation Dosage and Containment Requirements
- Quantitative Assessment of Human Intrusion
- 40 CFR 268 Hazardous Waste Requirements
- PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
- Methodology
- Results from Containment Requirement Calculations
- Results Regarding Individual and ground-water Protection Requirements
- RADIONUCLIDE RELEASE SCENARIOS
- Undisturbed Case
- Disturbed Case
- Release of Waste Through Cuttings
- Release of Waste Through Boreholes: The E1 and E1E2 Scenarios
- DISCUSSION OF PA MODELING EFFORTS
- Assumptions Regarding a Permanent Disturbed Rock Zone
- Characterization of Boreholes
- Apparent Value of Compartmentation
- DISCUSSION OF REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE
- Undisturbed Repository Performance
- Disturbed Repository Performance
- GENERAL QUALITY OF WIPP PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
- OTHER LONG-TERM RADIOLOGICAL COMPLIANCE ISSUES
- Waste Characterization
- Monitoring
- Peer Review and Quality Assurance of the WIPP Project
- CONCLUSIONS
- Chapter 3 Salado Hydrogeology, Gas Pressure, and Room Closure
- SALADO HYDROGEOLOGY
- GAS PRESSURE
- Laboratory Studies
- Time Dependence of Bacterial Activity
- Real Waste" Tests.
- Conclusions on Gas Generation and Gas Pressure
- ROOM CLOSURE
- Marker Bed Considerations
- THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF BRINE INFLOW, GAS GENERATION, AND ROOM CLOSURE
- Backfilling and Compartmentation
- Conclusion on the Combined Effects of Brine Inflow, Gas Generation, and Room Closure
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- Chapter 4 Engineering to Improve Predicted Repository Performance
- REPOSITORY DESIGN AND EXCAVATION ALTERNATIVES
- Natural and Engineered Sumps
- Design Considerations to Minimize DRZ Effects
- Room Seals, Panel Seals, and Backfill
- Pre-Emptive Mining of Potash
- Waste Form Modification
- Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations on Engineered Features
- SEALING OF SHAFTS AND BOREHOLES
- Development and Healing of the Disturbed Rock Zone
- SEALING OF ROOMS AND PANELS
- Chapter 5 Actinide Source Term
- ACTINIDE SOURCE TERM MODEL
- Solubility
- Colloids
- Retardation
- SCHEDULE
- SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Chapter 6 Non-Salado Hydrology
- REGIONAL HYDROGEOLOGIC MODELING
- FLOW AND TRANSPORT MODELING
- Sources of Modeling Error
- Conceptual Errors
- Numerical Errors
- Data Uncertainty
- WIPP 1992 PA MODEL ANALYSIS
- Regional Ground-Water Flow
- Confidence in PA Analysis of Regional Ground-Water Flow
- Solute Transport
- Confidence in PA Analysis of Solute Transport
- Physical Retardation Via Matrix Diffusion
- Confidence in PA Analysis of Physical Retardation
- Chemical Retardation Via Reactions
- Confidence in PA Analysis of Chemical Retardation
- DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Undisturbed Repository
- Summary of Undisturbed Case
- Disturbed Repository
- Summary of Disturbed Case
- PERSPECTIVE BASED ON INTERNATIONAL REPOSITORY SITING EFFORTS
- Chapter 7 Perspectives
- INTEGRITY OF THE WASTE ISOLATION SYSTEM.
- HUMAN INTRUSION
- ROLE OF PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
- THE NATURE AND FREQUENCY OF HUMAN INTRUSION
- RETROSPECTIVE
- References
- Appendixes
- Appendix A Natural Setting and Resources
- Geologic Framework
- Castile Formation
- Salado Formation
- Rustler Formation
- Dewey Lake Red Beds
- Post-Permian Rocks
- Hydrologic Setting Of WIPP
- Hydrogeology of the Salado Formation
- Hydrogeology of the Culebra Dolomite
- Ground-Water Flow Directions
- Transmissivity Estimates
- Travel Time
- Hydrogeology of the Dewey Lake Red Beds
- Natural Resources
- Potash Mining
- Oil and Gas Resources
- Appendix B The Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function: The Risk Curve
- Appendix C Brine Inflow to Excavations in the Salado
- Permeability Of Wipp Salt Anhydrite And Interbeds
- One-Dimensional Flow In Anhydrite Interbeds In Impermeable Salt
- Radial Flow Into Excavations In Permeable Salt
- Bredehoeft Calculation (Bredehoeft, 1988)
- Shaft Seals - Approximate Check On Pa Flow Calculations
- Darcy Velocity
- Conclusion
- Appendix D Creep Behavior of WIPP Salt
- Appendix E Actinide Source Term
- Experimental Work On Actinide Solubilities
- Pitzer Parameters
- Concerns
- Experiments On Colloids
- Retardation Experiments
- Appendix F Regional Hydrogeology
- Approaches To Studying Regional Aquifer Systems
- Ground-Water Models
- Sources of Error
- Hydrologic Performance Assessment Models
- Ground-Water Flow
- Retardation Mechanisms
- Matrix Diffusion and Physical Retardation
- Confidence in PA Analysis of Matrix Diffusion
- Reactions and Chemical Retardation
- Confidence in PA Analysis of Chemical Retardation.
- Appendix G An Overview of WIPP Compliance Issues
- Deep Geologic Disposal
- Project Administration And Regulation
- Certification Criteria
- Certification Of Wipp
- Chemistry, Biology, And Geotechnology
- The Actinide Source Term
- Hydrology Above The Salado Formation
- Repository Design Using Compartmentation
- Summary, Conclusions, And Perspective
- Appendix H Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
- Appendix I Glossary
- Appendix J List of Acronyms and Symbols
- Appendix K Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610192311
- 9780309175548
- 0309175542
- 9781280192319
- 1280192313
- 9780309589239
- 0309589231
- 9780585027142
- 0585027145
- OCLC:
- 42329280
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