of activities in terms of their predicted contribution to long-term performance of the WIPP disposal system; and (3 …In March 1994, the US Department of Energy Carlsbad Area Office (DOE/CAO) implemented a performance based decision …-aiding method to assist in programmatic prioritization within the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) project. The prioritization was …

provides an analytical basis for supporting programmatic decisions for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to meet selected … portions of the applicable US EPA long-term performance regulations. The first iteration of SPM (SPM-1), the prototype for SPM …

a performance- based decision-aiding tool to provide an analytical basis for planning, prioritizing, and selecting … programmatic options for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). This tool, called Systems Prioritization Method (SPM) defines the …) for supporting the final WIPP compliance application. The scope of SPM is restricted to selected portions of applicable …

decision anticipated in late 1997. An important component of the CCA is a performance assessment (PA) for the WIPP carried out …The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is being developed by the US Department of Energy for the geologic (deep … underground) disposal of transuranic (TRU) waste. A Compliance Certification Application (CCA) of the WIPP (1) for such disposal …

National Laboratory (LANL) is working to achieve Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) certification to enable them to transport … their TRU waste to WIPP. In particular, the NMT-1 management is requesting support from the Idaho National Engineering and … Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) to assist them in making the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) software WIPP …

content at the same grid locations at the selected performance, and (2) estimation of the times. Node-by-node comparison of …

isolating radioactive waste, $19 billion for transuranic waste at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and $57 billion for high …

The development of a performance assessment (PA) for low-level radioactive waste disposal operations at Oak Ridge … in the preparation of the PA including the technical difficulties associated with performance assessment in Oak Ridge and … relate to the application of current performance objectives to older disposal facilities, which are being addressed as part …

In developing its recommendations on performance assessment for disposal of low-level radioactive waste, Scientific … provide a context for the development of suitable approaches to performance assessment. This paper summarizes the Committee … application to low-level waste, (3) current performance objectives for low-level waste disposal in the US, with particular …