Data package format for certified transuranic waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Technical Report · Mon Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6409695

The Data Package Format for Certified Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) specifies the arrangement of data items which are required to be reported to the WIPP for Transuranic (TRU) waste to be received. Contractors may also choose to use this format as a vehicle to transmit TRU waste information to interim storage sites prior to the opening of the WIPP. These instructions have been prepared as a reference guide for those personnel responsible for the transmission of the Data Package to the WIPP. For clarification or further information regarding the requirements for certification, please reference WIPP-DOE-069, ''TRU Waste Acceptance Criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.'' For those sites having Automated Data Processing Systems available for use, it should be understood that the computer system will place the information into the specified format for transmittal. Therefore, the waste generator need not be concerned with the specifics of how the data items are arranged in the format, but rather with being certain that the required information has been input into his computer system. The method of input will, of course, depend upon the particular system being used. At the time of a shipment, the computer system will retrieve the required information for all the packages in that shipment and write the information on a magnetic tape in the Data Package Format for transmission to the WIPP (or interim storage site) over the specified communications system. If the capabilities exist and arrangements have been made, the data can be transmitted directly to the WIPP over communication lines. Therefore, these instructions are primarily for use by Data Processing personnel to aid them in programming the system to provide the transmittal information in the Data Package Format. The method of inputting data into the computer system should be determined through a joint effort between the Waste Generator and the Data Processing personnel.

• Research Organization: Monsanto Research Corp., Miamisburg, OH (USA). Mound
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00053; AC04-78AL05346
• OSTI ID: 6409695
• Report Number(s): WIPP-DOE-157; ON: DE86003413
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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