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10,000 nuclear waste drums and standard waste
boxes filling 1 of 56 rooms to be filled over 20
years. 18 have been filled as of Jan 2007.
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8-Year Snapshot of WIPP
8 years of operation 88,325 loaded waste
containers disposed 46,812 cubic meters of TRU
waste disposed 220,856 fifty-five gallon drum
equivalents 5 waste panels mined
6 million miles (loaded) 8 storage sites
cleaned of legacy TRU waste 0 releases to
the environment 0 contaminated personnel
0 unplanned WIPP worker radiation
exposure Sufficient capacity in the Salado for
gtgt5,000 years of nuclear waste disposal
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Evolution of the WIPP Disposal Rooms (t 0 yrs)
Courtesy of Frank Hansen, SNL
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Evolution of the WIPP Disposal Rooms (10-15 yrs)
Courtesy of Frank Hansen, SNL
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Evolution of the WIPP Disposal Rooms (1000 yrs)
Courtesy of Frank Hansen, SNL