Published January 1, 2002 | Version v1
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Impact of dynamic certification requirements on the Nuclear Materials Technology Division's transuranic waste management program

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Description

The issuance of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's (WIPP) Hazardous Waste Facility Permit in August of 2000, specifically the attachment I3 Waste Analysis Plan (WAP),had a profound impact upon transuranic (TRU) waste certification at Los Alamos National Laboratory's (LANL) Plutonium Facility. Program certification was lost until Laboratory internal program documents could be amended to meet the new WAP requirements, waste management personnel could be retrained to incorporate the changes into waste operations and the entire program successfully pass subsequent Carlsbad Field Ofice (CBFO) audit. This action resulted in the suspension of transuranic waste shipments from LANL to WIPP. In addition the changes unnecessarily increased the complexity of TRU waste program activities in waste handling.

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Identifiers

URL
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/975932-sVrajM/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
LA-UR--02-0091

Conference

Title
9. Biennial International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management
Acronym
SPECTRUM 2002
Dates
4-8 Aug 2002
Place
Reno, NV (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
41122370
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; LANL; LOS ALAMOS; PERSONNEL; PLUTONIUM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; WIPP
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PILOT PLANTS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; URBAN AREAS; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; WASTES

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Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)
Secondary number(s)
LA-UR--02-91