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

Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Potential Solution for the Disposal of Transuranic Waste
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
15 January 1999
Pages
184
ISBN
9780309054911

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

Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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.

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