Sandia and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, 1974--1999
Engineers have learned to design and build big projects, which certainly describes the WIPP project, but also includes defense projects, highway networks, space exploration, the Internet, etc., through what has been called a messily complex embracing of contradictions. When something massive and complicated has to be built these days, it leads to a protracted political process in which every special interest makes a stand, lobbyists exert what influence they can, lawmakers bicker, contractors change things, Congress struggles with costs, environmentalists hold things up--and this is good. It may seem amazing that anything gets done, but when it does, everyone has had their say. It's an intensely democratic, even if expensive and time-consuming, process. The corporate historian of Sandia National Laboratories presents a unique background of the WIPP project and Sandia's part in it.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 753858
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2000-0869C; 0000035043-000; 0000035043-000; TRN: US0003106
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Southwest Oral History Association, Long Beach, CA (US), 04/28/2000--04/30/2000; Other Information: PBD: 11 Apr 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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