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Pioneering Nuclear Waste Disposal: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

PB2000104038

Publication Date	2000
Page Count	38
Abstract	Table of Contents: Closing the Circle on Transuranic Waste; The Long Road to the WIPP: The need for the WIPP; The National Academy of Sciences; Community leaders suggest Carlsbad as the site for the WIPP; Construction of the WIPP; The WIPP Land Withdrawal Act; Certification by the EPA; The National Environmental Policy Act; The Resource and Recovery Act; Disposal of Non-mixed Transuranic Waste; Court rulings deny requests for further delays; The Fog; The First Shipment; Grand Opening; and New Mexico Environment Department Issues Hazardous Waste Permit; Looking to the Future: Coordination with Sites; Transportation; Remote-handled Transuranic Waste; Waste Volumes and Characteristics; Mining; Institutional Controls; and Future Research and Development.
Keywords	Radioactive waste disposal Transuranic wastes Underground disposal Radioactive wastes Environmental protection Waste Isolation Pilot Plant(WIPP) WIPP(Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Carlsbad, NM. Carlsbad Area Office.
Supplemental Notes	Color illustrations reproduced in black and white.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200015

Pioneering Nuclear Waste Disposal: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

Pioneering Nuclear Waste Disposal: The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
PB2000104038

Publication Date	2000
Page Count	38
Abstract	Table of Contents: Closing the Circle on Transuranic Waste; The Long Road to the WIPP: The need for the WIPP; The National Academy of Sciences; Community leaders suggest Carlsbad as the site for the WIPP; Construction of the WIPP; The WIPP Land Withdrawal Act; Certification by the EPA; The National Environmental Policy Act; The Resource and Recovery Act; Disposal of Non-mixed Transuranic Waste; Court rulings deny requests for further delays; The Fog; The First Shipment; Grand Opening; and New Mexico Environment Department Issues Hazardous Waste Permit; Looking to the Future: Coordination with Sites; Transportation; Remote-handled Transuranic Waste; Waste Volumes and Characteristics; Mining; Institutional Controls; and Future Research and Development.
Keywords	Radioactive waste disposal Transuranic wastes Underground disposal Radioactive wastes Environmental protection Waste Isolation Pilot Plant(WIPP) WIPP(Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Carlsbad, NM. Carlsbad Area Office.
Supplemental Notes	Color illustrations reproduced in black and white.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200015