Improving Operations AND Long-Term Safety OF THE Waste Isolation Pilot Plant -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- List of Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- SITE PERFORMANCE -- SITE CHARACTERIZATION -- THE NATIONAL TRU PROGRAM -- Waste Characterization and Packaging -- Waste Transportation -- 1 Introduction -- SITE PERFORMANCE AND CHARACTERIZATION -- THE NATIONAL TRANSURANIC PROGRAM -- 2 Repository Performance Confirmation -- REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR MONITORING -- SITE PERFORMANCE ISSUES -- Brine Migration and Moisture Access to the Repository -- Gas Generation in the Repository -- Magnesium Oxide Backfill -- Salt Healing and Disturbed Rock Zone Integrity -- SITE CHARACTERIZATION ISSUES -- Geohydrological Characterization of the Rustler Formation -- Oil, Gas, and Mineral Production -- Drilling Activities -- Mining Activities -- Baseline Radiogenic Analysis of Subsurface Fluids -- 3 National Transuranic Waste Management Program -- WASTE CHARACTERIZATION AND PACKAGING -- Waste Characterization and Packaging Requirements -- Total Inventory of Organic Material in the Repository -- WASTE TRANSPORTATION -- DOE's Communication and Notification Program -- DOE's Emergency Response Program -- Rail as a Transportation Option for Certain TRU Waste -- Gas Generation Safety Analysis for TRUPACT-II Containers -- 4 Summary -- OVERARCHING FINDING -- OVERARCHING RECOMMENDATION -- References -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A1 Interim Report -- IMPROVING OPERATIONS AND LONG-TERM SAFETY OF THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT -- Copyright -- Committee on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant -- Board on Radioactive Waste Management Liaison -- Staff -- Board on Radioactive Waste Management -- Staff -- Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources -- Staff -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary.

Research to Enhance Confidence in Long-Term Repository Performance -- Improvements to the National TRU Program -- Waste Characterization and Packaging Requirements -- Gas Generation -- Transportation Communication and Notification -- Transportation Emergency Response -- Introduction -- Baseline Radiogenic Analysis of Subsurface Fluids -- Transuranic Waste Management Program -- Waste Characterization and Packaging Requirements -- Gas Generation -- Transportation -- DOE's Communication and Notification Program -- DOE's Emergency Response Program -- Committee Perspective on National TRU Program Requirements -- References -- Appendix A Background Information -- Assessment of Long-Term Performance -- DOE Management of TRU Waste -- Waste Characterization Activities -- Truck Transportation to WIPP -- Appendix B Joint USNRC and EPA Guidance on Mixed Waste -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix D Acronyms -- Appendix A2 DOE's Response to the Interim Report -- I. NORM in the WIPP Vicinity -- II. Waste Characterization -- III.A Derive A More Realistic Gas Generation Model -- III.B Safety Analysis to Determine the Damaging Concentration of Hydrogen -- III.C Technical Approaches to Reduce Hazards Such As Inert Gas -- III.D Reevaluate the Feasibility of Rail -- IV. DOE's Communication and Notification Program -- V. DOE's Emergency Response Program -- Appendix B Human Intrusion Scenarios -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix D Glossary -- Appendix E Acronyms and Symbols -- Appendix F Other Relevant Documents.