Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Volume 1U.S. Department of Energy, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, 1980 - Radioactive waste disposal in the ground |
Contents
Early History of WasteManagement Programs | 2-5 |
Table Title Page | 2-8 |
3 | 2-16 |
Copyright | |
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50-year dose commitment accidents acres activity alternative analysis anhydrite Appendix aquifer assumed basalt baseline brine calculated canister Carlsbad cask construction contact-handled TRU waste control zone costs decommissioning Delaware basin discussed disposal doses received drilling drums Eddy County effects emissions emplaced environmental impacts equipment estimated evaporites expected exposure facility Gatuna geologic groundwater handled TRU waste HEPA high-level waste HLW repository Hobbs increase INEL Laboratory langbeinite Lea County long-term man-rem maximum Medanos Mexico miles million mined-rock pile mineral mining natural background radiation Nuclear nuclides operation overpack packaging Pecos River plant population potash potential predicted processing pyrolysis radiation doses radioactive material radioactive waste radionuclides region remotely handled TRU result retrieval RH TRU waste rock Rustler Salado salt scenario Section shaft shipments SPDV program studies surface sylvite Table tion transportation truck U.S. Geological Survey underground waste containers WIPP project