Delaware Basin Monitoring Annual Report
The Delaware Basin Drilling Surveillance Program (DBDSP) is designed to monitor drilling activities in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). This program is based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements. The EPA environmental standards for the management and disposal of transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste are codified in 40 CFR Part 191 (EPA 1993). Subparts B and C of the standard address the disposal of radioactive waste. The standard requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate the expected performance of the disposal system using a probabilistic risk assessment or performance assessment (PA). This PA must show that the expected repository performance will not release radioactive material above limits set by the EPA's standard. This assessment must include the consideration of inadvertent drilling into the repository at some future time.
- Research Organization:
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Carlsbad, NM
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE - Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC29-01AL66444
- OSTI ID:
- 926094
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/WIPP-99-2308, Rev. 5; TRN: US1001884
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Period covered - September 1, 2003, through August 31, 2004
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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MONITORING
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PERFORMANCE
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RISK ASSESSMENT
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Delaware Basin
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potash
sulfur
shallow depths
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boreholes
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brine
saturated
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hydrocarbon
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salt water disposal wells
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