Annual Transuranic Waste Inventory Report – 2010 (Data Cutoff Date 12/31/2009)
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) began accepting defense-related transuranic (TRU) waste on March 26, 1999, becoming the nation’s first deep geologic repository for the permanent disposal of defense-generated TRU waste. TRU waste generation has occurred at both large-quantity and small-quantity sites (LQSs and SQSs) across the country. Many of these sites have emplaced their waste at WIPP, found other disposition pathways for the waste, or transferred the waste to other sites for further disposition. As of December 31, 2009, there have been 8,079 shipments (7,776 contact-handled [CH] and 303 remote-handled [RH]) of TRU waste to WIPP for emplacement since WIPP’s opening (DOE 2010a).
- Research Organization:
- Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- OSTI ID:
- 2326013
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/TRU--10-3425
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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