Preliminary comparison with 40 CFR Part 191, Subpart B for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, December 1991
Before disposing of transuranic radioactive wastes at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the United States Department of Energy must have a reasonable expectation that the WIPP will comply with the quantitative requirements of Subpart B of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Standard, Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes. Sandia National Laboratories, through iterative performance assessments of the WIPP disposal system, is conducting an evaluation of the long-term performance of the WIPP that includes analyses for the Containment Requirements and the Individual Protection Requirements of Subpart B of the Standard. Recognizing that unequivocal proof of compliance with the Standard is not possible because of the substantial uncertainties in predicting future human actions or natural events, the EPA expects compliance to be determined on the basis of specified quantitative analyses and informed, qualitative judgment. Performance assessments of the WIPP will provide as detailed and thorough a basis as practical for the quantitative aspects of that decision.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6080730
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-91-0893/1; ON: DE92005044
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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