Remote handling system for waste at the waste isolation pilot plant

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6929164

Likar, V F

The construction of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, for disposal of transuranic wastes from defense programs is nearing completion. The majority of waste received at WIPP will have low surface dose rates and will be handled routinely without special shielding or remote handling equipment. But WIPO will also receive and remotely handle some transuranic waste with high surface doses rates for disposal, and some defense high-level waste (DHLW), to be used in experiments. In both cases, the waste is contained in canisters approx. 2 ft in diameter x 10 ft long, with a special pintle at one end for remote grapple attachments. The transuranic waste has surface dose rates of from 200 mrem/h up to 1000 rem/h and the DHLW is expected to have surface dose rates up to 15,000 rem/h. The handling of these two types of wastes at WIPP is very similar, and this discussion points out only significant differences.

• OSTI ID: 6929164
• Report Number(s): CONF-8711195-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 55
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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