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1 online resource (184 pages) |
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""The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations on DOE Studies""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""TRANSURANIC WASTE: WHAT IT IS, WHERE IT COMES FROM, WHERE IT MUST GO""; ""GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN SALT""; ""HISTORY OF WIPP""; ""THE WIPP UNDERGROUND FACILITY TODAY""; ""THE DISPOSAL PLAN""; ""REGULATION AND LICENSING OF WIPP""; ""FRAMEWORK FOR THE REPORT"" |
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""Chapter 2 Regulatory Compliance and Repository Performance""""EPA STANDARDS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE""; ""Undisturbed and Disturbed Repository Performance""; ""Containment Requirements""; ""40 CFR 191 and 40 CFR 194 Radiation Dosage and Containment Requirements""; ""Quantitative Assessment of Human Intrusion""; ""40 CFR 268 Hazardous Waste Requirements""; ""PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT""; ""Methodology""; ""Results from Containment Requirement Calculations""; ""Results Regarding Individual and ground-water Protection Requirements""; ""RADIONUCLIDE RELEASE SCENARIOS""; ""Undisturbed Case"" |
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""Disturbed Case""""Release of Waste Through Cuttings""; ""Release of Waste Through Boreholes: The E1 and E1E2 Scenarios""; ""DISCUSSION OF PA MODELING EFFORTS""; ""Assumptions Regarding a Permanent Disturbed Rock Zone""; ""Characterization of Boreholes""; ""Apparent Value of Compartmentation""; ""DISCUSSION OF REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE""; ""Undisturbed Repository Performance""; ""Disturbed Repository Performance""; ""GENERAL QUALITY OF WIPP PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES""; ""OTHER LONG-TERM RADIOLOGICAL COMPLIANCE ISSUES""; ""Waste Characterization""; ""Monitoring"" |
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""Peer Review and Quality Assurance of the WIPP Project""""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Chapter 3 Salado Hydrogeology, Gas Pressure, and Room Closure""; ""SALADO HYDROGEOLOGY""; ""GAS PRESSURE""; ""Laboratory Studies""; ""Time Dependence of Bacterial Activity""; """"Real Waste"" Tests""; ""Conclusions on Gas Generation and Gas Pressure""; ""ROOM CLOSURE""; ""Marker Bed Considerations""; ""THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF BRINE INFLOW, GAS GENERATION, AND ROOM CLOSURE""; ""Backfilling and Compartmentation""; ""Conclusion on the Combined Effects of Brine Inflow, Gas Generation, and Room Closure"" |
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""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""""Chapter 4 Engineering to Improve Predicted Repository Performance""; ""REPOSITORY DESIGN AND EXCAVATION ALTERNATIVES""; ""Natural and Engineered Sumps""; ""Design Considerations to Minimize DRZ Effects""; ""Room Seals, Panel Seals, and Backfill""; ""Pre-Emptive Mining of Potash""; ""Waste Form Modification""; ""Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations on Engineered Features""; ""SEALING OF SHAFTS AND BOREHOLES""; ""Development and Healing of the Disturbed Rock Zone""; ""SEALING OF ROOMS AND PANELS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Chapter 5 Actinide Source Term"" |
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""Actinide source term model"" |
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Print version record |
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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (N.M.)
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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (N.M.) fast (OCoLC)fst00634332 |
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Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Environmental aspects -- New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region
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Radioactive wastes -- Storage -- Environmental aspects -- New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region
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Alpha-bearing wastes -- Storage -- Environmental aspects -- New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region
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Radioactive waste sites -- New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region -- Design and construction
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Radioisotopes -- Migration -- New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region
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Salt deposits -- New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region -- Permeability
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Alpha-bearing wastes -- Storage -- Environmental aspects.
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Radioactive waste disposal in the ground -- Environmental aspects.
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Radioactive waste sites -- Design and construction.
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Radioactive wastes -- Storage -- Environmental aspects.
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Radioisotopes -- Migration.
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Salt deposits -- Permeability.
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New Mexico -- Carlsbad Region.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309589239 |
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0309589231 |
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