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Improving operations and long-term safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant : final report / Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Title
Improving operations and long-term safety of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant : final report / Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Division on Earth and Life Sciences, National Research Council.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

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Additional Authors
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Description
xiv, 142 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.
Series Statement
Compass series
Uniform Title
Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
  • Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (N.M.) > Safety measures
  • Radioactive waste repositories > Carlsbad Region > Safety measures
  • Radioactive waste disposal in the ground > Carlsbad Region > Safety measures
  • Alpha-bearing wastes > Carlsbad Region > Safety measures
  • Radioactive waste disposal
Note
  • "Support for this study was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under cooperative agreement numbers DE-FC01-94EW54069 and DE-FC01-99EW59049"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Site Performance 2 -- Site Characterization 3 -- The National TRU Program 4 -- Waste Characterization and Packaging 4 -- Waste Transportation 5 -- Site Performance and Characterization 15 -- The National Transuranic Program 16 -- 2 Repository Performance Confirmation 20 -- Regulatory Requirements for Monitoring 21 -- Site Performance Issues 22 -- Brine Migration and Moisture Access to the Repository 22 -- Gas Generation in the Repository 23 -- Magnesium Oxide Backfill 25 -- Salt Healing and Disturbed Rock Zone Integrity 26 -- Site Characterization Issues 27 -- Geohydrological Characterization of the Rustler Formation 27 -- Oil, Gas, and Mineral Production 28 -- Baseline Radiogenic Analysis of Subsurface Fluids 31 -- 3 National Transuranic Waste Management Program 33 -- Waste Characterization and Packaging 33 -- Waste Characterization and Packaging Requirements 33 -- Total Inventory of Organic Material in the Repository 34 -- Waste Transportation 34 -- DOE's Communication and Notification Program 35 -- DOE's Emergency Response Program 37 -- Rail as a Transportation Option for Certain TRU Waste 38 -- Gas Generation Safety Analysis for TRUPACT-II Containers 40 -- Overarching Finding 42 -- Overarching Recommendation 42 -- A1. Interim Report 51 -- A2. DOE's Response to the Interim Report 109 -- B. Human Intrusion Scenarios 123.
ISBN
0309073448
OCLC
  • 47258448
  • SCSB-10312295
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library