The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A solution to intermediate-level mixed waste disposal
- Dept. of Energy, Carlsbad, NM (United States). Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
- S.M. Stoller Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States)
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) research and development facility which is demonstrating the feasibility of using bedded salt as a method of permanently isolating transuranic mixed waste materials from the accessible environment. Today the facility is complete and ready to begin tests using transuranic mixed waste generated by DOE weapons program activities. These tests are designed to validate assumptions made about the interactions between radioactive waste and the host geologic medium. The tests will assist the DOE in determining whether the WIPP can satisfy federal standards that regulate radioactive and hazardous material releases from the repository, and the likelihood of environmental impacts. The tests planned at the facility will provide invaluable information about the acceptability of a deep geologic repository for permanent disposal of transuranic mixed waste.
- OSTI ID:
- 113103
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930906--; ISBN 0-7918-0691-X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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