Overview of waste package performance experiments in WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)

Conference · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6687571

Molecke, M A

Several series of nuclear waste package performance experiments are being conducted in situ at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility, near Carlsbad, New Mexico. These nonradioactive experiments are (or are currently in the process of being) emplaced in bedded rocksalt, in several underground test rooms of the WIPP, approximately 650 m below the surface. These tests are being performed by Sandia National Laboratories (with significant participation by Savannah River Laboratory, and others), for the US Department of Energy. Two of these WIPP experiments involve the in situ leaching and interaction testing of simulated (i.e., nonradioactive) high-level waste glasses from several US and international waste form producers: these are the Simulated Defense High-Level Waste (DHLW) Technology Experiments and the WIPP Materials Interface Interactions Test (MIIT). Another test series is the Simulated Contact-Handled and Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste (CH and RH TRU) Technology Experiments. It is the purpose of this paper to provide an overview of: the various test and waste package design details, the experimental objectives, and the status of each test series. The primary focus of this paper will be on the tests containing glass waste forms.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6687571
• Report Number(s): SAND-86-2024C; CONF-860418-24; ON: DE87007083
• Resource Relation: Conference: 88. annual meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 27 Apr 1986; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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