Microbial characterization for the Source-Term Waste Test Program (STTP) at Los Alamos
The effects of microbial activity on the performance of the proposed underground nuclear waste repository, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at Carlsbad, New Mexico are being studied at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) as part of an ex situ large-scale experiment. Actual actinide-containing waste is being used to predict the effect of potential brine inundation in the repository in the distant future. The study conditions are meant to simulate what might exist should the underground repository be flooded hundreds of years after closure as a result of inadvertent drilling into brine pockets below the repository. The Department of Energy (DOE) selected LANL to conduct the Actinide Source-Term Waste Test Program (STTP) to confirm the predictive capability of computer models being developed at Sandia National Laboratory.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 334234
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-99-709; CONF-990201-; ON: DE99002197; TRN: 99:004976
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waste management `99 symposium, Tucson, AZ (United States), 28 Feb - 4 Mar 1999; Other Information: PBD: [1999]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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