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Title: Performance Demonstration Program Plan for Nondestructive Assay of Boxed Wastes for the TRU Waste Characterization Program

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/988191· OSTI ID:988191

Each testing and analytical facility performing waste characterization activities for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) participates in the Performance Demonstration Program (PDP) to comply with the Transuranic Waste Acceptance Criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WAC) (DOE/WIPP-02-3122) and the Quality Assurance Program Document (QAPD) (CBFO-94-1012). The PDP serves as a quality control check for data generated in the characterization of waste destined for WIPP. Single-blind audit samples are prepared and distributed to each of the facilities participating in the PDP. Different PDPs evaluate the analyses of simulated headspace gases (HSGs), constituents of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and transuranic (TRU) radionuclides using nondestructive assay (NDA) techniques.

Research Organization:
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Carlsbad, NM (United States); Washington TRU Solutions LLC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
AC29-01AL66444
OSTI ID:
988191
Report Number(s):
DOE/CBFO-01-1006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English