Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0309498619

In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued an Interim Report evaluating the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE-NNSA's) conceptual plans for disposing of 34 metric tons (MT) of surplus plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a deep geologic repository near Carlsbad, New Mexico. It provided a preliminary assessment of the general viability of DOE-NNSA's conceptual plans, focused on some of the barriers to their implementation. This final report addresses the remaining issues and echoes the recommendations from the interim study.

Nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 936
Release: 1980
Genre: Alpha-bearing wastes
ISBN:

Nuclear Waste Disposal

Nuclear Waste Disposal
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1444
Release: 1980
Genre: Radioactive waste disposal
ISBN: