Corrugated Metal Pipes Category of Transuranic Waste Stored Below Ground within Area G
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
The primary regulatory driver for environmental cleanup at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is the March 2005 Compliance Order on Consent (Consent Order), an agreement between LANL and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) that contains specific requirements and schedules for cleaning up historical contamination at the LANL site. The Consent Order has a final deliverable date of December 2015 (Reference 1). The Consent Order does not address requirements for removing transuranic (TRU) waste from the LANL site; therefore TRU waste removal was typically placed at lower priority in budget decisions. Removal of TRU waste stored both above ground and below ground at Technical Area 54 (TA-54) Area G is required before a remedy is implemented under the Consent Order for Material Disposal Area G (MDA G, which is the below-ground portion of Area G). After the Las Conchas Fire burned large areas near Los Alamos in 2011, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez asked the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to provide sufficient funding for cleanup of defense legacy wastes from LANL and for TRU waste disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). Discussions were held with the NMED on accelerating TRU waste removal from LANL.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- OSTI ID:
- 1092474
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR--13-26921; EP2013-5171
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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