CHARACTERIZATION OF REMOTE-HANDLED TRANSURANIC WASTE FOR THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- S.1 TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY CONTEXT OF RH-TRU WASTE CHARACTERIZATION -- S.1.1 DOE's RH-TRU Waste Inventories -- S.1.2 Regulatory Context -- S.2 DOE'S PROPOSED CHARACTERIZATION PLAN FOR RH-TRU WASTE -- S.3 COMMITTEE'S ASSESSMENT OF DOE'S PROPOSED CHARACTERIZATION PLAN -- S.3.1 Overall Assessment of DOE's Characterization Plan -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 COMMITTEE'S TASK AND ITS BOUNDARIES -- 1.2 ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- 2 Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste -- 2.1 TECHNICAL CONTEXT OF REMOTE-HANDLED TRANSURANIC WASTE CHARACTERIZATION -- 2.2 LIFE CYCLE OF REMOTE-HANDLED TRANSURANIC WASTE -- 2.3 GENERATION OF REMOTE-HANDLED TRANSURANIC WASTE -- 2.3.1 Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste Volume Inventory -- 2.3.2 Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste Radioactivity Inventory -- 2.4 PACKAGING STATUS OF REMOTE-HANDLED TRANSURANIC WASTE -- 3 Regulatory Context for the Disposal of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste -- 3.1 LAND WITHDRAWAL ACT REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSURANIC WASTE IN WIPP -- 3.2 CHARACTERIZATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE EPA CERTIFICATION -- 3.2.1 WIPP's Performance Assessment -- 3.3 CHARACTERIZATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE RCRA PERMIT -- 3.4 HISTORY OF CHARACTERIZATION REQUIREMENTS AT WIPP -- 4 Department of Energy's Proposed Characterization Plan -- 4.1 DOE'S CONSIDERATIONS IN COMPOSING THE CHARACTERIZATION PLAN -- 4.2 DOE'S GOAL: A PERFORMANCE-BASED CHARACTERIZATION PLAN -- 4.2.1. Acceptable Knowledge -- 4.3 DATA QUALITY OBJECTIVES AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OBJECTIVES -- 4.4 DOE'S PROPOSED CHARACTERIZATION PLAN TO ADDRESS EPA REQUIREMENTS -- 4.5 DOE'S PROPOSED CHARACTERIZATION PLAN TO ADDRESS NMED REQUIREMENTS -- 4.6 MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE JULY 2001 AND THE MARCH 2002 DRAFTS.

4.7 COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CH- AND RH-TRU WASTE CHARACTERIZATION PLANS -- 5 Assessment of the Proposed Characterization Plan -- 5.1 CONTEXT OF REMOTE-HANDLED TRANSURANIC WASTE CHARACTERIZATION -- 5.2 CHARACTERIZATION PLAN'S TECHNICAL SOUNDNESS -- 5.3 PROTECTION OF WORKER SAFETY AND HEALTH -- 5.4 COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS -- 5.5 OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF DOE'S CHARACTERIZATION PLAN -- References -- Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix B Information-Gathering Meetings -- B.1 FIRST MEETING: AUGUST 1-2, 2001 (COLUMBUS, OHIO) -- B.2 SECOND MEETING: OCTOBER 4, 2001 (ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO) -- B.3 THIRD MEETING: FEBRUARY 4-5, 2002 (CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO) -- Appendix C Excerpt from the Committee's Interim Report: Chapter 5 -- Appendix D DOE's Response to the Committee's Interim Report -- D.1 DOE'S RESPONSE -- REFERENCE -- Appendix E Information About Selected Transuranic Waste Generator Sites -- E.1 HANFORD SITE -- E.1.1 Location and Description -- E.1.2 Mission -- E.1.3 Waste Information -- E.2 IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY -- E.2.1 Location and Description -- E.2.2 Mission -- E.2.3 Waste Information -- E.2.4 Supplemental Information -- E.3 LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY -- E.3.1 Location and Description -- E.3.2 Mission -- E.3.3 Waste Information -- E.4 OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY -- E.4.1 Location and Description -- E.4.2 Mission -- E.4.3 Waste Information -- E.5 ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING CENTER -- E.5.1 Location and Description -- E.5.2 Mission -- E.5.3 Waste Information -- E.6 BATTELLE COLUMBUS LABORATORIES -- E.6.1 Location and Description -- E.6.2 Mission -- E.6.3 Waste Information -- REFERENCE -- Appendix F Overview of the Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Characterization Plan -- F.1 DETERMINATION OF THE ORIGIN AND COMPOSITION OF THE WASTE BY ACCEPTABLE KNOWLEDGE.

F.2 SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF HOMOGENEOUS WASTE FOR RESOURCE CONSERVATION RECOVERY ACT CONSTITUENTS -- F.3 RADIOGRAPHY -- F.4 VISUAL EXAMINATION -- F.5 RADIOASSAY AND DETERMINATION OF FISSILE ISOTOPE CONTENT -- F.6 HEADSPACE GAS SAMPLING -- Appendix G Non-Destructive Techniques for Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste Characterization -- G.1 RADIOGRAPHY -- G.2 GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY -- G.3 GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY COMBINED WITH ACCEPTABLE KNOWLEDGE -- G.4 PASSIVE AND ACTIVE NEUTRON MEASUREMENT -- G.5 MULTI-DETECTOR ANALYSIS SYSTEM -- REFERENCES -- Appendix H Waste Dose Rates and Characterization Cost Estimates -- H.1 COMMITTEE'S EXAMPLE OF ESTIMATE FOR WASTE DOSE RATES -- H.2 COMMITTEE'S EXAMPLE OF COST ESTIMATES -- REFERENCES -- Appendix I Glossary -- Appendix J Acronyms.