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Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
Analysis of Simulated Headspace Gases for the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Project
Helping the Nation to permanently dispose TRU wasteThe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a DOE
installation, is the nation's first repository for the
permanent disposal of defense-generated
transuranic radioactive (TRU) waste left from
research and production of nuclear weapons at
the various DOE sites. The WIPP site, located in
southeastern New Mexico, consists of large
interconnecting rooms hollowed out of an
ancient, stable salt formation approximately
600 meters underground. WIPP began to receive
waste on March 26, 1999. It received its
500th shipment in January 2002. Over the next
35 years, WIPP is expected to receive about
3,700 shipments of waste.
Before being shipped to the site, wastes must be
characterized to identify the presence of any
hazardous materials in addition to the
radioactivity. Other nondestructive assays also
are conducted, including the analysis of
headspace gas for specified volatile organic
compounds. The U.S. Department of Energy,
Carlsbad Area Office, National TRU Program
Office has established a performance
demonstration program (PDP) for laboratories
that will participate in the analysis of headspace
gas to be shipped to the WIPP site. The Carlsbad
Area Office grants approval to laboratories for
analysis of headspace gases that are successful
in analyzing blind audit samples of simulated
headspace gases. The Analytical Chemistry
Laboratory (ACL) was selected as the laboratory
to prepare, analyze, and distribute samples for
the headspace gas PDP.2002 Research Highlights
During Fiscal Year 2002, Cycle 16A of
Headspace Gas Performance Demonstration
Program (HSGPDP), 14 sets of HSGPDP
samples were prepared. Each set consisted of
five 6-L SUMMA canisters at 6 psig containing
low, high, special and duplicate mixtures of
analytes. A blank containing Ultra Zero grade
air was also included in the set. Two sets of
HSGPDP samples were sent to the Rocky Flats
Environmental Technology Site and
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
(WSRC). One set was sent to Los Alamos
National Laboratory, the ECL at Idaho National
Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, the
Central Characterization Project at Savannah
River (mobile vendor), the Central
Characterization Project at the Nevada Test Site
(mobile vendor), the Central Characterization
Project at Argonne-Illinois (mobile vendor), the
BNFL Lindsay Office, and Fluor Hanford. Two
sets were prepared as backup samples and one
set was prepared for Argonne-Illinois
verification analysis.
This work was funded by the U.S. Department
of Energy, Carlsbad Field Office, National TRU
Program Office.
Research Participants
Amrit S. Boparai and Michael J. Kalensky. For
more information, contact Amrit Boparai
(630-252-7710, boparai@cmt.anl.gov).87
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Lewis, D.; Graziano, D. & Miller, J. F. 2002 Chemical Engineering Division annual report., report, May 22, 2003; Illinois. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc740566/m1/93/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.