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Title: A formal expert judgment procedure for performance assessments of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10122207
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Science Applications International Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Hawaii Univ., Hilo, HI (United States)

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is an experimental facility located in southeastern New Mexico. It has been designed to determine the feasibility of the geologic disposal of defense-generated transuranic waste in a deep bedded-salt formation. The WIPP was also designed for disposal and will operate in that capacity if approved. The WIPP Performance Assessment Department at Sandia National Laboratories has been conducting analyses to assess the long-term performance of the WIPP. These analyses sometimes require the use of expert judgment. This Department has convened several expert-judgment panels and from that experience has developed an internal quality-assurance procedure to guide the formal elicitation of expert judgment. This protocol is based on the principles found in the decision-analysis literature.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
10122207
Report Number(s):
SAND-93-2450C; CONF-940553-6; ON: DE94006585; BR: GB0103012; TRN: 94:011924
Resource Relation:
Conference: International high-level radioactive waste management conference,Las Vegas, NV (United States),22-26 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English