The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Potential Solution for the Disposal of Transuranic Waste

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/5269

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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

A Potential Solution for the Disposal of Transuranic Waste

(1996)

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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.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources; Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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Environment and Environmental Studies — Waste Disposal and Clean Up

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National Research Council. 1996. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Potential Solution for the Disposal of Transuranic Waste. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/5269.

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184 pages | 8.5 x 11 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-05491-1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/5269

Chapters		skim
FRONT MATTER	i-xii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-6
1 INTRODUCTION	7-14
2 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE	15-36
3 SALADO HYDROGEOLOGY, GAS PRESSURE, AND ROOM CLOSURE	37-46
4 ENGINEERING TO IMPROVE PREDICTED REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE	47-57
5 ACTINIDE SOURCE TERM	58-64
6 NON-SALADO HYDROLOGY	65-76
7 PERSPECTIVES	77-81
REFERENCES	82-92
APPENDIXES	93-94
A. NATURAL SETTING AND RESOURCES	95-109
B. THE COMPLEMENTARY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION: THE RISK CURVE	110-115
C. BRINE INFLOW TO EXCAVATIONS IN THE SALADO	116-122
D. CREEP BEHAVIOR OF WIPP SALT	123-128
E. ACTINIDE SOURCE TERM	129-133
F. REGIONAL HYDROGEOLOGY	134-142
G. AN OVERVIEW OF WIPP COMPLIANCE ISSUES	143-148
H. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS	149-151
I. GLOSSARY	152-157
J. LIST OF ACRONYMS AND SYMBOLS	158-158
K. BIBLIOGRAPHY	159-174

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