Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, National Research Council

• 1 FRONT MATTER; 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 3 1 INTRODUCTION; 4 2 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE; 5 3 SALADO HYDROGEOLOGY, GAS PRESSURE, AND ROOM CLOSURE; 6 4 ENGINEERING TO IMPROVE PREDICTED REPOSITORY PERFORMANCE; 7 5 ACTINIDE SOURCE TERM; 8 6 NON-SALADO HYDROLOGY; 9 7 PERSPECTIVES; 10 REFERENCES; 11 APPENDIXES; 12 A. NATURAL SETTING AND RESOURCES; 13 B. THE COMPLEMENTARY CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION: THE RISK CURVE; 14 C. BRINE INFLOW TO EXCAVATIONS IN THE SALADO; 15 D. CREEP BEHAVIOR OF WIPP SALT; 16 E. ACTINIDE SOURCE TERM; 17 F. REGIONAL HYDROGEOLOGY; 18 G. AN OVERVIEW OF WIPP COMPLIANCE ISSUES; 19 H. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS; 20 I. GLOSSARY; 21 J. LIST OF ACRONYMS AND SYMBOLS; 22 K. BIBLIOGRAPHY