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Title: Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Condition: New Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0309498589 EAN: 9780309498586 ISBN: 9780309498586 Publisher: National Academies Press Genre: Science Nature & Math Topic: Law & Politics Release Date: 07/01/2020 Description: 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. Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Background
- 3 Plans to Dilute and Dispose
- 4 Implementation Challenges
- 5 System Vulnerabilities
- References
- Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies
- Appendix B: Meetings
- Appendix C: How Salt Repositories Work
- Appendix D: Legal and Regulatory Requirements for Transportation
- Appendix E: States' Active Partnership Role in Safe Transportation
- Appendix F: High-Risk Items Within the Risk and OpportunityAnalysis Report
- Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Appendix H: Interim Report
Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 279mm Item Length: 216mm Author: No Author Release Year: 2020 Missing Information?
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