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# Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (Carlsbad, NM) - WIPP is the world's first underground repository licensed to safely and permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste left from the research and production of nuclear weapons. Located 26 miles from Carlsbad, New Mexico, in the Chihuahuan Desert, project facilities include disposal rooms mined 2,150 feet underground in a 2,000-foot thick salt formation that has been stable for more than 200 million years.

 

 

 

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                            -  2022                  Date                              Title                              Document              August 17, 2022WIPP Board Concerns Following 700C Fan RestartPDF 
                            -  2016                  Date                              Title                              Document              December 13, 2016Letter Requesting DOE Brief the Board on WIPP Topics within 30 DaysPDFAugust 11, 2016DOE Response Letter to DNFSB'S July 29, 2016 Waste Control Specialists LetterPDFJuly 29, 2016Waste Control Specialists Board Letter PDFFebruary 19, 2016Underground Ventilation System Conceptual DesignPDF 
                            -  2015                  Date                              Title                              Document              April 7, 2015WIPP Public Hearing Secretary InvitationPDF 
                            -  2014                  Date                              Title                              Document              April 4, 2014DOE Response to Board March 12, 2014, Letter Advising DOE to Thoroughly Evaluate the Ventilation System, Safety Controls and Contingency Plans at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to Ensure Adequate Protection of the Workers and the PublicPDFMarch 28, 2014Board Issues a Reporting Requirement for a Briefing to Identify Emergency Management Resources to Augment WIPP Response Capabilities and Specific Preconditions and Contingency Plans to Ensure Protection of the Public and Workers PDFMarch 21, 2014Board's Initial Assessment of Two Recent Events at the DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Carlsbad, New Mexico, the On-Going Response to Them, and Board's Perspectives on Actions Needed to Prevent or Minimize Similar OccurrencesPDFMarch 12, 2014Board Advises DOE to thoroughly Evaluate the Safety Controls and Contingency Plans Necessary to Maintain Confinement to Ensure Adequate Protection of the Workers and PublicPDF 
                            -  2012                  Date                              Title                              Document              September 27, 2012DOE Response to Board Reporting Requirement of June 27, 2012, Concerning Safety Issues with the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Maintenance ProgramPDF 
                            -  2011                  Date                              Title                              Document              December 21, 2011DOE Response to Board June 24, 2011, Reporting Requirement Outlining Actions Taken or Planned Regarding the Fire Protection Program at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) PDFJanuary 20, 2011DOE Response to the Board's October 22, 2010 Report Regarding Work Planning and Control at the Waste Isolation Pilot PlantPDF 
                            -  2010                  Date                              Title                              Document              December 21, 2010Department Letter Providing Corrective Action Plan for the Electrical Safety Program at WIPPPDF 
                            -  2007                  Date                              Title                              Document              August 6, 2007DOE Response to Board Observations on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Mobile Characterization Unit Generic Documented Safety AnalysisPDF 
                            -  2004                  Date                              Title                              Document              August 3, 2004DOE Office of River Protection Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Low Activity Waste Structural ReportPDFJune 17, 2004DOE Request for a 60-day Extension in Order to Fully Respond to the Issues in Your May 3, 2004, Letter on the Basis for Interim Operation (BIO) for the Mobile Waste Characterization and Loading UnitsPDF 
                            -  1998                  Date                              Title                              Document              June 11, 1998DOE Letter Regarding Waste Isolation Pilot PlantPDFJune 3, 1998Board Letter Regarding the DOE's Preparations for Start-up of TRU Waste Disposal Operations at WIPPPDF 
                            -  1991                  Date                              Title                              Document              August 2, 1991DOE Forwards Information Regarding the 91-3 Implementation PlanPDFJune 5, 1991DOE Letter Regarding a Comprehensive and Independent Readiness Review of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Response to Recommendation 91-3PDF 

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