| The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Potential Solution for the Disposal of Transuranic Waste Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Division on Earth and Life Studies (Author), Commission on Geosciences Environment an (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309054915 ISBN-13: 9780309054911 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1996 Annotation: Federal regulations require calculations to show that the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), if certified as a transuranic radioactive waste repository, is expected to isolate waste from the environment for the next ten millennia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - General - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Nuclear - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 363.728 |
| LCCN: 96068944 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 8.53" W x 10.99" (1.20 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume discusses the readiness of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, to serve as a geological repository for transuranic radioactive waste. WIPP is located in a Permian-age bedded salt deposit 658 meters below the surface. The committee has long reviewed DOE's readiness efforts, now aimed at demonstrating compliance with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Site characterization studies and performance assessment modeling are among the topics considered in this volume. |