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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

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