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	WIPP.Com - Women Impacting Public Policy
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	www.wipp.org (165 words)

	Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is the world's first underground repository licensed to safely and permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste that is left from the research and production of nuclear weapons.
		WIPP is unsuited for high level radioactive waste as its high heat attracts water which would lead to rapid corrosion of the waste packages, and the dissolution of the waste into the salty water.
		Because drilling or excavation in the area will be hazardous long after the area is being actively used, there are plans to construct markers to deter inadvertent human intrusion for the next ten thousand years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WIPP (329 words)

	WIPP Information Site - EHC
		Under federal law, the WIPP is not authorized to accept high-level radioactive wastes or spent nuclear fuel.
		Although the WIPP site is under the control of DOE and is in a sparsley populated area, there is oil drilling, gas drilling, and potash mining in the vicinity.
		The above-ground portion of the WIPP facility includes the Waste-Handling Building, where containers of transuranic wastes are to be unloaded and their contents inventoried, inspected, and prepared for disposal underground; a health physics laboratory; an exhaust filter building; emergency electric generators; and staff offices.
	www.nsc.org /ehc/wipp/facil.htm (1381 words)

	Untitled Document
		A front of dissolution is moving from west to east and over the WIPP site and most of the salt missing at WIPP was dissolved during the last glacial cycle that ended 10,000 years ago.
		WIPP is a plutonium disposal site, the waste requires isolation for at least 240,000 years, and someone could seek an injunction against EPA on those grounds alone.
		The results of previous geologic investigations, reviewed and published long before the WIPP site was selected, demonstrated that a regional front of salt dissolution had passed over the area and removed a substantial thickness of salt from the Rustler Formation.
	www.unm.edu /~ryand/otherwipp/otherwipp3.html (755 words)

	JG: Research, WIPP Debate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In response to another question, only 19% said that they thought WIPP was safe to use as it is; 23% thought it needed minor changes; 20% thought it needed major changes; and 27% said it was unsafe and should never be opened.
		Compared to WIPP's opponents, those who initially supported WIPP were more likely to change their mind based on EPA and oversight group determinations.
		Seventy-four percent of WIPP supporters would oppose WIPP if the EPA and/or oversight groups found the facility to be unsafe, whereas only 37% of WIPP opponents would choose to support WIPP if it were deemed safe by EPA and the oversight groups.
	faculty.washington.edu /jgastil/research/abstract/wipp_dbt.html (516 words)

	WippSite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site is located 26 miles southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico in an area known as Los Medanos ("the dunes").
		WIPP is essentially a very sophisticated salt mine designed for the permanent disposal of transuranic wastes (or TRU wastes) generated from defense-related activities (i.e., research and development of nuclear weapons).
		The above-ground complex at the WIPP facility includes a waste handling building where the waste will be unloaded from TRUPACTs and inventoried, inspected and prepared for disposal.
	www.emnrd.state.nm.us /EMNRD/Wipp/wippsite.htm (306 words)

	The good and bad of WIPP - Carlsbad, New Mexico's Waste Isolation Pilot Project New Mexico Business Journal - Find ...
		WIPP employees took a wait and see philosophy, but in the interim the facility's daily operation is "the same as it would be if we were processing waste," according to Toni Chiri, media coordinator for WIPP.
		"WIPP has not proved to be a substitute for potash in Carlsbad's economy," the report said, referring to the dominant industry in the area since the 1940s.
		Annual WIPP expenditures peaked in its 1996 fiscal year at $215,580,251; about 30 percent was spent in the Carlsbad area.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5092/is_2_23/ai_54369783 (823 words)

	Program Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The WIPP Transportation Safety Program is a cooperative effort among the shipment-corridor states, tribes, local officials and the DOE.
		WIPP shipments cannot deviate from designated routes without explicit permission from the state.
		WIPP drivers are subject to unannounced drug testing; will have no financial incentive to speed; and are fired upon any moving violation, even in their personal vehicles.
	www.emnrd.state.nm.us /EMNRD/WIPP/ProgramSummary.htm (1434 words)

	CCNS - WIPP (Environmental Risks - SEIS Review)
		WIPP operations should be scaled back pending a determination that opening WIPP will significantly contribute to solving the waste problems at generator sites, both now and in the future.
		WIPP is not ready to open because too many unresolved questions remain about WIPP's geology, hydrology, design, waste inventory, and operational safety.
		The decision to close WIPP should be based on the determination that WIPP is unsafe, or that the facility does not contribute to the nuclear waste pollution solution.
	www.nuclearactive.org /WIPP/seis.html (1519 words)

	WIPP-TransPlanCmts
		While we are generally supportive of the plans, procedures, and protocols contained in the WGA WIPP Transportation Safety Program Implementation Guide, Nevada reserves the right to require changes or different/additional requirements based on experience gained after Nevada agencies have been engaged in the actual planning process for Nevada-specific shipments.
		Nevada fully expects to be provided the same level of assistance and preparedness as that afforded the initial WIPP shipment states.
		It is not possible for the route identified from NTS through California to be "opened" by 1999 if DOE is to meet its commitment to begin preparing the states of Nevada, California, and Arizona at least 3 years prior to shipment.
	www.state.nv.us /nucwaste/yucca/wipptp01.htm (696 words)

	Revision to the Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Treatment and Storage of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		These activities may include the radioassay of waste containers to determine their radionuclide content; radiography to confirm the form of the waste and to verify the absence of prohibited items; and headspace gas sampling and analysis to quantify the concentrations of volatile organic compounds and to confirm the knowledge used to characterize the waste stream.
		The WIPP Hazardous Waste Facility Permit requires that certain types of homogeneous wastes (e.g., solidified sludges and soils) must be sampled representatively and the samples chemically analyzed.
		Establishing a centralized characterization program at WIPP would enable EPA and NMED to use their staff resources more efficiently because they would have fewer waste characterization programs to approve than would be the case if DOE had to establish separate disposal characterization programs at all of the sites that have or would generate TRU waste.
	web.em.doe.gov /trurod (3064 words)

	Weekly WIPP Update by SRIC -- January 19, 2001
		On October 26, NMED agreed that Panel 2 was constructed in compliance with the WIPP permit.
		In the 1992 WIPP Land Withdrawal Act, Congress limited the total amount of RH waste to 5.1 million curies, and prohibited RH waste with the surface dose rate in excess of 1,000 rems per hour.
		WIPP's legal capacity is 6,200,000 cubic feet or 175,600 cubic meters.
	www.sric.org /nuclear/alert/2001/011901.html (1826 words)

	Carlsbad Field Office-WIPP Technical Documents Library
		A copy may be reviewed in the WIPP Public Reading Room, or you may receive a hard copy by sending a request to the WIPP Information Center at infocntr@wipp.ws.
		The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's (WIPP) Recertification Project was established to meet the requirement placed in the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act (LWA) to demonstrate WIPP's continued compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) disposal regulations at five-year intervals.
		It concludes that the safety basis documented in the WIPP RH DSA is comprehensive, correct, and commensurate with hazards associated with RH waste disposal operations.
	www.wipp.energy.gov /library/caolib.htm (2692 words)

	Gov. Wants To Block WIPP Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The gambit by Richardson, who as the Clinton administration's secretary of Energy opened WIPP, is the latest move in an increasingly high-stakes contest over federal plans for the disposal of nuclear waste from old nuclear weapons plants in Idaho, South Carolina and Washington state.
		DOE wants to send some of the waste to WIPP, but a federal court ruled against the department in July, saying the waste in question is high-level, which is prohibited at WIPP.
		Located in the desert east of Carlsbad, WIPP is a 2,000-foot-deep salt mine used to bury nuclear-weapon manufacturing waste contaminated with plutonium and similar radioactive elements.
	www.nukewatch.org /media2/postData.php?id=553 (481 words)

	TEC/WG Transportation Safety WIPP-PIG Rail Comparison
		Henceforth, it might prove practicable for information-sharing arrangements to be constructed (where missing) or enhanced (where lacking) between the dispatch centers of the various carriers involved in a campaign and the responsible shipping offices, who in turn could notify governors’ designees for the affected states of important developments.
		Effective medical response to a WIPP transportation incident requires a clear understanding of radiological response plans and procedures by emergency medical personnel in the field and at hospitals, adequate training, and the necessary supplies and equipment.
		WIPP transport incidents may occur near state borders or exceed state and local emergency response capabilities.
	twilight.saic.com /newtec/wipigcmp.html (5091 words)

	WIPP Transportation - City of Richland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		WIPP is designed to dispose of TRU waste left from the research and production of nuclear weapons.
		Located in southeastern New Mexico, 26 miles east of Carlsbad, the WIPP project facilities include disposal rooms excavated in an ancient, stable salt formation, 2,150 feet (almost half a mile) underground.
		The Washington State Patrol in conjunction with Benton County Emergency Services and the local major incident response team have taken a pro-active role in the training effort by coordinating with WIPP to bring instructors from New Mexico to conduct training at Hanford's HAMMER facility.
	www.ci.richland.wa.us /RICHLAND/Hanford/index.cfm?PageNum=14 (796 words)

	Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Update
		As passed, the new language revises the 1992 WIPP Land Withdrawal Act to exempt transuranic wastes from some land disposal regulations promulgated under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, removes outdated retrievability requirements, and provides a firm target date in 1997 for opening the facility.
		The WIPP project was authorized by Congress in 1980 (P.L. 96-164) to address the problem of long-term disposal of defense-related TRU waste.
		The law excluded the WIPP repository from licensing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and required DOE to reach a "consultation and cooperation" agreement with the state of New Mexico in developing the facility.
	www.agiweb.org /gap/legis106/wipp.html (1067 words)

	Response to "Low-level radioactive waste at WIPP"
		WIPP is designated for disposal of TRANSURANIC waste, not low-level as the article states.
		As of September 23, WIPP had received 31 total shipments since March 26, consisting of 95 standard waste boxes and 350 55-gallon drums.
		Oil and gas exploratory wells encircle the Land Withdrawal boundary, and DOE is supposed to evaluate the potential impact on the repository of any drilling activity which may occur within one mile of this boundary.
	www.stevenspublishing.com /stevens/epdiscuss.nsf/8178b1c14b1e9b6b8525624f0062fe9f/8c07747f243a1991862567fb005615a4?OpenDocument (706 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "WIPP to Release National Survey of Women..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		WIPP's 100 leaders from across the country will attend "WIPP 2006 Leadership Watch: Early Signals" Spring Conference at Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave., NW, for an intensive two-day conference, May 10-11, on engaging women entrepreneurs in the 2006 and 2008 elections.
		In WIPP's most recent survey of women entrepreneurs from across the country, affordable health care, lower energy costs, permanent tax cuts and winning government contracts were identified as their top issues.
		WIPP strengthens its members' sphere of influence in the legislative process, creates economic opportunities for members and builds alliances with other small business organizations.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=65114 (664 words)

	CCNS - WIPP Background Info
		WIPP is to be a project to demonstrate the safe underground disposal of transuranic nuclear weapons waste presently stored at DOE facilities around the country.
		WIPP is often promoted as the solution to our transuranic waste (TRU waste) problem.
		If WIPP (and the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository in Nevada) are allowed to open, the transportation of radioactive materials through our state will rise dramatically.
	www.nuclearactive.org /wipp/background.html (1027 words)

	CLUI #NM3126 - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
		The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the first major nuclear waste disposal facility to be built in the United States, and so far also the only one.
		All the waste disposed of at WIPP is from other DOE and military sites (none of it is commercial, high-level nuclear waste--that is slated for Yucca Mountain, Nevada), and is comprised of mostly irradiated laboratory material, such as gloves, protective clothing, and other disposable test equipment.
		The repository is built in a bedded salt formation, a geologic layer of salt that is expected to slowly encroach on the waste material, surrounding it and isolating it from the atmosphere and ground water.
	www.clui.org /clui_4_1/ludb/sites/NM3126_2.html (251 words)

	U.S. Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
		WIPP is a U.S. Department of Energy facility and is managed by Washington TRU Solutions.
		Hedin is WTS' Energy Engineer and he’s well known for his efforts to maximize energy efficiency at WIPP and throughout the DOE complex.
		While public tours of WIPP are not available, the exhibit at our in-town office building features a brief documentary on the project and numerous displays.
	www.wipp.energy.gov (357 words)

	97. ¤ WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT (WIPP) COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATION RULEMAKING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The DOE is developing the WIPP near Carlsbad in southeastern New Mexico as a potential deep geologic repository for the disposal of defense transuranic (TRU) radioactive waste currently being stored on Federal reservations in 10 states, including Washington, Ohio, Idaho, New Mexico, Tennessee, South Carolina, Nevada, and Colorado.
		The WIPP compliance certification rule will be limited to consideration of the WIPP's compliance with the disposal regulations found in subparts B and C of 40 CFR 191 (which include containment requirements, assurance requirements, individual protection requirements, and groundwater protection requirements).
		Finally, the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act of 1992 requires that EPA issue criteria to implement the Agency's radioactive waste disposal regulations specifically at the WIPP, and then certify, through use of such criteria, whether or not the WIPP complies with the regulations and should be allowed to open.
	ciir.cs.umass.edu /cgi-bin/ua/web_fetch_doc?dataset=ua&db=agendaOctober1996&doc_id=97 (1181 words)

	Sandia National Laboratories - WIPP Opens
		One point became clear: WIPP would not open until DOE proved scientifically that the repository could safely store transuranic waste without release of radioactivity to the biosphere for thousands of years.
		Toward that end, construction of the first underground passageways, called drifts, began in 1983, and a series of experimental chambers was excavated by 1985, in which a host of in situ tests was carried out to complement the laboratory testing.
		In response to a lawsuit filed by several groups opposing WIPP, a US District Court judge in 1992 issued an injunction against shipping waste to WIPP until legal questions raised in the lawsuit were answered.
	www.sandia.gov /LabNews/LN04-09-99/wipp_story.htm (2174 words)

	WIPP Update by SRIC: Action Needed! -- July 13, 2001
		The proposed modification is not an expansion of the mission of the WIPP program; rather, it is a reorganization of activities required by the WIPP permit that will move more of the requisite waste analysis responsibilities to the WIPP facility, thereby providing a more efficient and economical operation.
		For example, at the WIPP permit hearing in 1999 DOE did not produce even one drum for which the written documents were accurate.
		Those practices are fundamentally contrary to the WIPP permit, which specifies waste management practices and allows NMED to enforce the permit and for citizens to sue, if necessary, to require compliance with the permit.
	www.sric.org /nuclear/alert/2001/071301.html (1490 words)

	Federal Energy Management Program: FEMP Focus - FEMP Industrial Facilities Assessment Provides Roadmap to Savings for ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		WIPP's energy manager, James Hedin, had tried for several years to acquire funding for targeted assessments of the compressed air system and water/wastewater facilities, but potential savings initially appeared small, and low-payback conservation projects rarely rate a high funding priority.
		WIPP's motivation to conserve water results more from a sense of stewardship than from cost concerns.
		WIPP's water is provided at no charge from the City of Carlsbad (in consideration of infrastructure improvements provided by DOE during the construction of WIPP), and energy costs for pumping are low.
	www.eere.energy.gov /femp/newsevents/fempfocus_article.cfm/news_id=7186?print (453 words)

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