Review comments on the report of the steering committee on waste acceptance criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
General comments by the EEG on waste acceptance criteria (WAC) as published in recent WIPP reports are: methods to be used by waste generating facilities to determine compliance with the WAC are lacking; provisions for inspection of the WIPP and the waste generating facility to determine compliance with WAC are needed; standardized terminology is needed in the WAC so that mandatory compliance is understood; some criteria apply only to CH- and RH-TRU wastes not to experimental high-level wastes; a statement should be included stating what further action would be taken if a contaminated waste shipment required overpacking. Specific comments are also included on gas generation, pyrophoric materials, toxic and corrosive materials, waste containers and overbacks, waste package size, surface dose rate, surface contamination, certification and labelling. (DMC)
- Research Organization:
- New Mexico Health and Environment Dept., Santa Fe (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-78AL10752
- OSTI ID:
- 6780843
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/AL/10752-4; TRN: 80-019240
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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