DOE Releases Annual Transuranic Waste Inventory Report for 2018
ECA Staff | 1/15/2019
The Department of Energy’s Annual Transuranic Waste Inventory Report – 2018 (ATWIR-2018) was published on January 15, 2019 and is now available here.
This is an annual report that estimates current and future inventory of TRU waste as reported by DOE generator sites. The report describes changes to the inventory since the previous annual report (issued December 2017). The TRU waste inventory information is used for regulatory purposes, as input to analyses (e.g., WIPP Documented Safety Analysis and National Environmental Policy Act analyses), and for strategic planning
such as the development of new containers or shipping packages and design changes that may be made to the repository.
Accounting for projected generation through CY 2033, the 2018 WIPP Inventory Report shows an anticipated total volume decrease of approximately 1% from ATWIR-2017. Re-evaluation of waste streams containing boxes resulted in a volume decrease at Hanford, and processing and characterization resulted in a volume decrease at Idaho. Small variations like this are common from year-to-year.
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