Review of the Department of Energy's plans for disposal of surplus plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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...

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Corporate Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC The National Academies Press [2020], 2020
Series:Consensus study report
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 PDF file (xi, 212 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780309498616
0309498589
9780309498586