Early-1990 status of performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant disposal system

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6461852

Bertram-Howery, S G ^[1]; Swift, P N ^[2]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
2. Tech. Reps., Inc., Albuquerque, NM (USA)

Before the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) may begin service as the United States' first repository for the permanent disposal of transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish compliance with applicable environmental and safety regulations. This paper addresses one major regulation, the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes, hereafter referred to as the Standard. The paper does not address compliance with other regulations. This paper summarizes Sandia National Laboratories' (SNL) early-1990 understanding of the WIPP Project's ability to comply with the long-term performance requirements set by Subpart B of the Standard, the Environmental Standards for Disposal. It also reviews the current understanding of questions critically affecting compliance and outlines the options available to assure that radionuclide releases will remain within regulatory limits. 10 refs., 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6461852
• Report Number(s): SAND-90-2095C; CONF-910213-4; ON: DE90016107
• Resource Relation: Conference: Probabilistic safety assessment and management, Beverly Hills, CA (USA), 4-7 Feb 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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