The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: An International Center of Excellence
Conference
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OSTI ID:825853
The United States Department of Energy's Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) is responsible for the successful management of transuranic radioactive waste (TRUW) in the United States. TRUW is a long-lived radioactive waste/material (LLRM). CBFO's responsibilities includes the operation of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), which is a deep geologic repository for the safe disposal of U.S. defense-related TRUW and is located 42 kilometers (km) east of Carlsbad, New Mexico. WIPP is the only deep-geological disposal site for LLRM that is operating in the world today. CBFO also manages the National Transuranic Waste Program (NTP), which oversees TRU waste management from generation to disposal. As of February 2003, approximately 1500 shipments of waste have been safely transported to the WIPP, which has been operating since March 1999.
- Research Organization:
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Carlsbad, NM (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 825853
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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