Panel Session 14: US DOE WIPP - Future Plans for the Utilization of a National Asset

Conference · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2019

OSTI ID:23005271

Stroble, J. R.; Golub, Sal; Mason, James; Gill, Ron; Stroble, J. R. ^[1]; Covert, Bruce; Pearcy, Mark ^[2]

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1. US DOE (United States)
2. Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC (United States)

This panel focused on the next phase of restoring the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP: located in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA) to full disposal operations. The US DOE Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) is funded for two Capital Asset Projects that will facilitate the restoration of WIPP to full capability and allow for future repository space planning. The panel will include updates on the capital projects, infrastructure improvements to extend WIPP's operational life, regulatory actions in support of capital projects, and improvements in new processes to implement WAC and DSA enhancements. This panel is filled by CBFO and WIPP contractor leaders to provide the big picture leading to WIPP's future. Presentations proposed include: 1 - 2018 WIPP Year in Review (Bruce Covert, Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC (USA)); 2 - TRU Waste Shipments and WIPP Operations (Mark Pearcy, Nuclear Waste Partnership, LLC (USA)); 3 - Projects and Activities at WIPP (Ronald Gill, US DOE (USA)); 4 - The Future of WIPP (J.R. Stroble, US DOE (USA), Todd Shrader, US DOE (USA))

• Research Organization: WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
• OSTI ID: 23005271
• Report Number(s): INIS-US--21-WM-19-PS-014
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
NEW MEXICO
PLANNING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
US DOE FIELD OFFICES
WIPP