Simulation model for the WIPP transportation and delivery system
Conference
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OSTI ID:10180250
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States)
- USDOE Albuquerque Operations Office, Carlsbad, NM (United States). Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Project Office
- Systems Modeling Corp., Sewickley, PA (United States)
The United States Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a first of its kind repository designed to demonstrate safe disposal of transuranic (TRU) waste in bedded salt 2150 feet underground. Contact-handled (CH) TRU waste, waste with low beta or gamma emitting radionuclides that can be handled without protective clothing or additional shielding, will be transported to WIPP in Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certified containers known as TRUPACT-IIs. The TRUPACT-II is the cornerstone of a transportation system designed for extraordinarily safe transport of TRU waste from ten DOE production and research sites to WIPP. This paper describes the complexities of the transportation system and discusses how a simulation model can be utilized as a tool to develop economical operating parameters for the system.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-86AL31950
- OSTI ID:
- 10180250
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/WIPP--91-037C; CONF-920307--100; ON: DE93017917
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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