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NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY TRANSPARENCY
TECHNOLOGY TEST BED DEMONSTRATIONS AT WIPP
By:
J. David Betsill, Ned Elkins
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Chuan-Fu Wu
Westinghouse Waste Isolation Division, Carlsbad, NM, USA
James D. Mewhinney
DOE Carlsbad Area Office, Carlsbad, NM, USA
Paul Aamodt
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Carlsbad, NM, USA
ABSTRACT
Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson, has stated that one of the nuclear waste legacy
issues is "The challenge of managing the fuel cycle's back end and assuring the safe
use of nuclear power." Waste management (i.e., the "back end") is a domestic and
international issue that must be addressed. A key tool in gaining acceptance of
nuclear waste repository technologies is transparency. Transparency provides
information to outside parties for independent assessment of safety, security, and
legitimate use of materials. Transparency is a combination of technologies and
processes that apply to all elements of the development, operation, and closure of a
repository system. A'test bed for nuclear repository transparency technologies has
been proposed to develop a broad-based set of concepts and strategies for
transparency monitoring of nuclear materials at the back end of the fuel/weapons
cycle.
WIPP is the world's first complete geologic repository system for nuclear materials at the
back end of the cycle. While it is understood that WIPP does not currently require.this
type of transparency, this repository has been proposed as realistic demonstration site to
generate and test ideas, methods, and technologies about what transparency may entail at
the back end of the nuclear materials cycle, and which could be applicable to other
international repository developments.
An integrated set of transparency demonstrations was developed and deployed during the
summer, and fall of 1999 as a proof-of-concept of the repository transparency technology
concept. These demonstrations also provided valuable experience and insight into the
implementation of future transparency technology development and application. These
demonstrations included: Container Monitoring Rocky Flats to WIPP; Underground
Container Monitoring; Real-Time Radiation and Environmental Monitoring; Integrated
WM00 Abstract #487; Betsill, et al 1
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Betsill, J. David; Elkins, Ned Z.; Wu, Chuan-Fu; Mewhinney, James D. & Aamodt, Paul. Nuclear waste repository transparency technology test bed demonstrations at WIPP, article, January 27, 2000; Albuquerque, New Mexico. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc705733/m1/1/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.