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Appendix F: Sample List of National Academies Reports on Nuclear Waste Management
Pages 287-288

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... 2004. Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Bound for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
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... 1989. WIPP Panel Letter Report of Review Comments on DOE Document DOE/WIPP 89-011: Draft Plan for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Test Phase: Performances Assessment and Operations Demonstration.
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Key Terms

  • waste isolation
  • isolation pilot
  • pilot plant
  • panel letter
  • wipp panel

  • radioactive wastes
  • transuranic waste
  • nuclear fuel
  • waste management
  • legacy waste

  • spent nuclear
  • environmental management
  • doe legacy
  • effective environmental
  • wipp facility

  • geological criteria
  • waste sites
  • characterization program
  • closure rates
  • economic aspects

  • excess nuclear
  • buried transuranic
  • tracer tests
  • site suitability
  • solid radioactive

  • energy legacy
  • brine accumulation
  • summarizing views
  • final assessment
  • reactor development


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