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Improving Operations and Long-Term Safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Interim Report (2000) / Chapter Skim
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... Research to Enhance Confidence in ·ong-Term Repository Performance There has been extensive monitoring of radioactivity in the air, son's, fluvial sediments, surface water, and shallow groundwater in the area surrounding WIPP. However, the committee has determined that radiological baseline information is not available for subsurface brines and hycirocarbons near the WIPP site.
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... The committee recommends that a sampling plan be implemented prior to the closure of any underground rooms in WIPP that contain TRU waste. Improvements to the National TRU Program The National TRU Program is administered by the DOE CarIsbad Area Office and is designed to meet all applicable external regulations and internal requirements associated with the characterization, certification, packaging, and transportation of waste to WIPP.
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... system, a satellite-basecl system initially developed more than a decade ago and used to track all DOE shipments of radioactive materials. Users have found the current level of performance of TRANSCOM to be less than Interim Report 3
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... No formal system presently exists to identify areas where coverage may be inadequate. Recommendations: The committee recommends that DOE explore with states and other interested parties how to develop processes and tools for maintaining up-to-date spatial information on the location, capabilities, and contact information of responders, medical facilities, recovery equipment, regional response teams, and other resources that might be needed to respond to a WIPP transportation incident.
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Key Terms

  • national tru
  • tru program
  • tru waste
  • emergency response
  • gas generation

  • characterization requirements
  • packaging requirements
  • isolation pilot
  • generation model
  • waste isolation

  • transportation incident
  • safety basis
  • highway accidents
  • emplace waste
  • reducing hazards

  • provide doe
  • pilot plant
  • committee offers
  • shipments required
  • repackaging operations

  • send doe
  • waste management
  • response coverage
  • program waste
  • mixed tru

  • operations result
  • currently lacking
  • program requirements
  • safety bases
  • waste containers


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