WIPP Townhall Mtg After Rock Falls Inside Nuclear Waste Depository 10/13/16
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 14/10/2016

WIPP Special Townhall Meeting After Rock Falls Inside Nuclear Waste Depository PLUS: Bombshell Announcement (October 13, 2016) Carlsbad New Mexico http://tinyurl.com/hww55gg
Focus of meeting centered on Ground Control and the pathway forward.
WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) is looking to re-open December 2016, but will likely not open by then to accept new nuclear waste.

Interm ventilation system
DOA readyness assment
air balance 
fans
moving 43,600 CFM at waste
management self assessment complete
contractor operational readiness review
WIPP Fire department
new exhaust shaft
core sampling
ground control
roof fall
rock fall single highest hazard to workers
prohibited areas vs restricted areas

salt geology - Halite
creeping salt
John Vanderkraats
2000 psi rock pressure causes creeps of salt closing 2 to 5 inches per year
Salt closure Video at 20:00 here http://tinyurl.com/zvggurh
salt closure and scaling video
roof bolts, wall bolts, fractures
video at 24:00 (banging) (scaling video) here: http://tinyurl.com/zvggurh

geotechnical inspections
instrumentation
convergence points
extensometer points
crack meters (fractures)
geotechnical analysis
reporting
results based on ground control data
roof falls
strategy to protect workers
controlled underground areas
ground control status 
February 2014 incident : BOLTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED SOONER!
VOC's Volatile Organic Compounds
Recent rock falls in controlled areas

Panel 3 exhaust drift
panel 4 inlet drift
panel 7 room 5
conclusion

1:11:00 Questions and Answers (By Norbert - a former employee of WIPP)
Why did roof fall into panel 4?
Plate failure - increased rod strength, thus plate failed.
Closing south end is a decision yet to be made
South of 2750 Closed
BOMBSHELL ANNOUNCEMENT

Next WIPP townhall meeting scheduled around November 6, 2016
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FOR MORE DOCUMENTS SEE WIPP RECOVERY Townhall meetings: http://tinyurl.com/zvggurh