Waste isolation pilot plant, the: a potential solution for the disposal of transuranic waste
Auteur :
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources / Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309054911
Date de publication :
13 nov. 1996
Dimensions :
27,9 x 21,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Discusses the readiness of the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, to serve as a geological repository for transuranic radioactive waste. WIPP is located in a Permian-age bedded salt deposit 658 meters below the surface.