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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778635803321

Titolo

Improving operations and long-term safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant [[electronic resource] ] : interim report / / Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000

ISBN

0-309-18376-6

1-280-18556-2

9786610185566

0-309-56264-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (56 p.)

Collana

The compass series

Disciplina

363.72/89/0978942

Soggetti

Radioactive waste repositories - New Mexico - Carlsbad Region - Safety measures

Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - New Mexico - Carlsbad Region - Safety measures

Alpha-bearing wastes - New Mexico - Carlsbad Region - Management - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-30).

Nota di contenuto

""IMPROVING OPERATIONS AND LONG-TERM SAFETY OF THE""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""RESEARCH TO ENHANCE CONFIDENCE IN LONG-TERM REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE""; ""IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NATIONAL TRU PROGRAM""; ""Waste Characterization and Packaging Requirements""; ""Gas Generation""; ""Transportation Communication and Notification""; ""Transportation Emergency Response""; ""Introduction""; ""Baseline Radiogenic Analysis of Subsurface Fluids""; ""Transuranic Waste Management Program""; ""WASTE CHARACTERIZATION AND PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS""

""GAS GENERATION""""TRANSPORTATION""; ""DOE's Communication and Notification Program""; ""DOE's Emergency Response Program""; ""COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE ON NATIONAL TRU PROGRAM



REQUIREMENTS""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Background Information ""; ""ASSESSMENT OF LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE""; ""DOE MANAGEMENT OF TRU WASTE""; ""Waste Characterization Activities""; ""Truck Transportation to WIPP""; ""Appendix B Joint USNRC and EPA Guidance on Mixed Waste ""; ""Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members ""; ""Appendix D Acronyms ""