Los Alamos National Laboratory Develops ''Quick to WIPP'' Strategy

Conference · Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2003

OSTI ID:827596

Jones, R; Allen, G; Kosiewicz, S; Martin, B; LANL,; Nunz, J; Biedscheid, J; Sellmer, T; Willis, J; Orban, J; Liekhus, K; Djordjevic, S

The Cerro Grande forest fire in May of 2000 and the terrorist events of September 11, 2001 precipitated concerns of the vulnerability of legacy contact-handled (CH), high-wattage transuranic (TRU) waste stored at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). An analysis of the 9,100 cubic meters of stored CH-TRU waste revealed that 400 cubic meters or 4.5% of the inventory represented 61% of the risk. The analysis further showed that this 400 cubic meters was contained in only 2,000 drums. These facts and the question ''How can the disposition of this waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) be accelerated?'' formed the genesis of LANL's Quick to WIPP initiative.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM (US); U. S. Department of Energy, Albuquerque Operations Office, Albuquerque, NM; U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Los Alamos Site Operations, Los Alamos, NM; Westinghouse TRU Solutions, LLC, Albuquerque, NM; Westinghouse TRU Solutions, LLC, Carlsbad, NM (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• OSTI ID: 827596
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste Management 2003 Symposium, Tucson, AZ (US), 02/23/2003--02/27/2003; Other Information: PBD: 25 Feb 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
FORESTS
LANL
METERS
ORIGIN
VULNERABILITY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WIPP