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

Name: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Potential Solution for the Disposal of Transuranic Waste
Author: Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
ISBN: 9780309054911

Author Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

Publisher National Academies Press

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

PublisherNational Academies Press

ISBN / ASIN0309054915

ISBN-139780309054911

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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.