CHARACTERIZATION OF REMOTE-HANDLED TRANSURANIC WASTE FOR THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT -- Copyright -- LIST OF REPORT REVIEWERS -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- COMMITTEE'S TASK -- 2 Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste -- RH-TRU WASTE INVENTORY -- ISSUES RELATED TO THE HANDLING OF RH-TRU WASTE -- 3 Regulatory Context for the Disposal of RH-TRU Waste -- LAND WITHDRAWAL ACT REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSURANIC WASTE IN WIPP -- WIPP'S CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSURANIC WASTE -- RCRA PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSURANIC WASTE -- FINDINGS OF THE PREVIOUS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S COMMITTEE6 ON WIPP -- 4 Description of DOE's Characterization Plan for RH-TRU Waste -- DOE'S PLAN TO ADDRESS EPA'S CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RH-TRU WASTE -- DOE'S PLAN TO ADDRESS THE RCRA PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR RH-TRU WASTE -- COMPARISON OF THE RH-TRU AND CH-TRU CHARACTERIZATION PLANS -- EFFECTIVENESS OF AK -- 5 Committee's Preliminary Findings and Recommendations -- OBSERVATIONS AND ISSUES FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION -- CLOSING REMARKS -- References -- Appendix A CH-TRU Waste Characterization Plan -- Appendix B Information Gathered to Date -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix D Glossary.