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Safety at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a Department of Energy (DOE) project designed to demonstrate safe disposal of transuranic (TRU) wastes in the excavations of a salt bed situated 2,150 feet underground. The operational philosophy of the WIPP is threefold: to start clean and stay clean, to meet or exceed regulatory requirements, and to keep radiation exposures as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). The well-being of the public, the environment, and the workers is the project`s first pr… more

Date: December 31, 1992

Creator: Wu, Chuan-Fu

Item Type: Article

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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Nuclear waste repository transparency technology test bed demonstrations at WIPP

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 legitim… more

Date: January 27, 2000

Creator: Betsill, J. David; Elkins, Ned Z.; Wu, Chuan-Fu; Mewhinney, James D. & Aamodt, Paul