LEADER 09648nam 2200817 a 450 001 9910957619703321 005 20251116140722.0 010 $a9786610192311 010 $a9780309175548 010 $a0309175542 010 $a9781280192319 010 $a1280192313 010 $a9780309589239 010 $a0309589231 010 $a9780585027142 010 $a0585027145 035 $a(CKB)110986584751810 035 $a(OCoLC)42329280 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055211 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000269190 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954610 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269190 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10243955 035 $a(PQKB)11726331 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376212 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376212 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055211 035 $a(OCoLC)923261964 035 $a(Perlego)4736911 035 $a(BIP)47200033 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584751810 100 $a19960705d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant $ea potential solution for the disposal of transuranic waste /$fCommittee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (186 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780309054911 311 08$a0309054915 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe 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. 327 $aConclusions 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 -- CONCLUSIONS -- 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. 327 $aHUMAN 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 -- Conceptual Errors -- Numerical Errors -- Data Uncertainty -- Hydrologic Performance Assessment Models -- Ground-Water Flow -- Confidence in PA Analysis of Regional Ground-Water Flow -- Solute Transport -- Confidence in PA Analysis of Solute Transport -- 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. 327 $aAppendix 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aRadioactive waste disposal in the ground$xEnvironmental aspects$zNew Mexico$zCarlsbad Region 606 $aRadioactive wastes$xStorage$xEnvironmental aspects$zNew Mexico$zCarlsbad Region 606 $aAlpha-bearing wastes$xStorage$xEnvironmental aspects$zNew Mexico$zCarlsbad Region 606 $aRadioactive waste sites$zNew Mexico$zCarlsbad Region$xDesign and construction 606 $aRadioisotopes$xMigration$zNew Mexico$zCarlsbad Region 606 $aSalt deposits$zNew Mexico$zCarlsbad Region$xPermeability 615 0$aRadioactive waste disposal in the ground$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aRadioactive wastes$xStorage$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aAlpha-bearing wastes$xStorage$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aRadioactive waste sites$xDesign and construction. 615 0$aRadioisotopes$xMigration 615 0$aSalt deposits$xPermeability. 676 $a363.72/89/0978942 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910957619703321 996 $aThe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant$94355216 997 $aUNINA