Historical background on performance assessment for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

被引:50
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作者
Rechard, RP [1 ]
机构
[1] Sandia Natl Labs, Performance Assessment Dept 6849, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA
关键词
performance assessment; probabilistic risk assessment; risk assessment; radioactive waste disposal; Waste Isolation Pilot Plant; history;
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10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00023-5
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
In 1979, six years after selecting the Delaware Basin as a potential disposal area, Congress authorized the US Department of Energy to build the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, as a research and development facility for the safe management, storage, and disposal of waste contaminated with transuranic radioisotopes. In 1998, 19 years after authorization and 25 years after site selection, the US Environmental protection Agency (EPA) certified that the WIPP disposal system complied with its regulations. The EPA's decision was primarily based on the results from a performance assessment conducted in 1996, which is summarized in this special issue of Reliability, Engineering and System Safety. This performance assessment was the culmination of four preliminary performance assessments conducted between 1989 and 1992. This paper provides a historical setting and context for how the performance of the deep geologic repository at the WIPP was analyzed. Also included is background on political forces acting on the project. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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页数:42
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