DOE 2000. - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - U.S. Department of Energy

WIPP RH PSAR DOE/WIPP-03-3174 CHAPTER 1
These controls will be designed to ensure that the repository functions as designed, and the potential for
future, inadvertent human intrusion is reduced to a level that renders such intrusion unlikely.
This Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR) documents the safety analyses that develop and
evaluate the adequacy of the WIPP RH TRU safety basis necessary to ensure the safety of workers, the
public, and the environment from the hazards posed by WIPP waste handling and emplacement
operations during the disposal phase and hazards associated with the decommissioning and
decontamination phase.
The analyses of the hazards associated with the long-term (10,000 year) disposal of TRU and TRU mixed
waste, and demonstration of compliance with the requirements of 40 CFR 191, Subpart B 4 have been
addressed in detail in the WIPP Compliance Certification Application (CCA). 8 The EPA reviewed the
CCA and subsequently certified that the WIPP was in compliance with the requirements in 40 CFR 191,
Subpart B and C on May 13, 1998. 9 SAR Section 5.3, Long-Term Waste Isolation Assessment
summarizes the assessment.
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