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 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.

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• Authors: Committee on Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Division On Earth And Life Studies, National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri, National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, Nuclear And Radiation Studies Board
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780309498586
• ISBN: 978-0-309-49858-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 277 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education