Pretest characterization of WIPP experimental waste
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States)
- USDOE Albuquerque Operations Office, Carlsbad, NM (United States). Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Project Office
- International Technology Corp., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, is an underground repository designed for the storage and disposal of transuranic (TRU) wastes from US Department of Energy (DOE) facilities across the country. The Performance Assessment (PA) studies for WIPP address compliance of the repository with applicable regulations, and include full-scale experiments to be performed at the WIPP site. These experiments are the bin-scale and alcove tests to be conducted by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). Prior to conducting these experiments, the waste to be used in these tests needs to be characterized to provide data on the initial conditions for these experiments. This characterization is referred to as the Pretest Characterization of WIPP Experimental Waste, and is also expected to provide input to other programmatic efforts related to waste characterization. The purpose of this paper is to describe the pretest waste characterization activities currently in progress for the WIPP bin-scale waste, and to discuss the program plan and specific analytical protocols being developed for this characterization. The relationship between different programs and documents related to waste characterization efforts is also highlighted in this paper.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-86AL31950
- OSTI ID:
- 10180247
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/WIPP-90-039C; CONF-910270-76; ON: DE93017897; TRN: 93:019894
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waste management `91,Tucson, AZ (United States),24 Feb - 1 Mar 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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