WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) R and D in situ test program

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:7000273

Tyler, L D

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a Department of Energy (DOE) R and D Facility for the purpose of developing the technology needed for the safe disposal of the United States' defense-related radioactive waste. The in situ test program focus is to provide the models and data to demonstrate the facility performance for isolation of waste at WIPP. The program is defined for the WIPP sealing system, thermal-structural interactions and waste package performance. A number of integrated large-scale underground tests have been operational since 1983 and are ongoing. The tests address the issues of both systems design and long-term isolation performance of the WIPP repository.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7000273
• Report Number(s): SAND-86-2225C; CONF-870306-21; ON: DE87005879
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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FUNCTIONAL MODELS
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UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
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