Geotechnical Perspectives on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Abstract
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the first nuclear waste repository certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Success in regulatory compliance resulted from an excellent natural setting for such a repository, a facility with multiple, redundant safety systems, and from a rigorous, transparent scientific and technical evaluation. The WIPP story, which has evolved over the past 25 years, has generated a library of publications and analyses. Details of the multifaceted program are contained in the cited references. Selected geotechnical highlights prove the eminent suitability of the WIPP to serve its congressionally mandated purpose.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 9511
- Report Number(s):
- SAND99-0618C
TRN: US0103142
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International Workshop on the Rock Mechanics of Nuclear Waste Repositories, Vail, CO (US), 06/05/1999--06/06/1999; Other Information: PBD: 5 Aug 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; COMPLIANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; ROCK MECHANICS; WIPP; GEOLOGY
Citation Formats
Francke, Chris T, Hansen, Frank D, Knowles, M Kathyn, Patchet, Stanley J, and Rempe, Norbert T. Geotechnical Perspectives on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Francke, Chris T, Hansen, Frank D, Knowles, M Kathyn, Patchet, Stanley J, & Rempe, Norbert T. Geotechnical Perspectives on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). United States.
Francke, Chris T, Hansen, Frank D, Knowles, M Kathyn, Patchet, Stanley J, and Rempe, Norbert T. 1999.
"Geotechnical Perspectives on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/9511.
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abstractNote = {The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the first nuclear waste repository certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Success in regulatory compliance resulted from an excellent natural setting for such a repository, a facility with multiple, redundant safety systems, and from a rigorous, transparent scientific and technical evaluation. The WIPP story, which has evolved over the past 25 years, has generated a library of publications and analyses. Details of the multifaceted program are contained in the cited references. Selected geotechnical highlights prove the eminent suitability of the WIPP to serve its congressionally mandated purpose.},
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