Preoperational checkout of the remote-handled transuranic waste handling at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6725756

This plan describes the preoperational checkout for handling Remote-Handled Transuranic (RH-TRU) Wastes from their receipt at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to their emplacement underground. This plan identifies the handling operations to be performed, personnel groups responsible for executing these operations, and required equipment items. In addition, this plan describes the quality assurance that will be exercised throughout the checkout, and finally, it establishes criteria by which to measure the success of the checkout. 7 refs., 5 figs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (USA). Waste Isolation Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-86AL31950
• OSTI ID: 6725756
• Report Number(s): DOE/WIPP-87-011; ON: DE89002774
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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