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A Reporter's Guide to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Table of Contents
Permission Notice
Preface
The WIPP Facility
- Management of the WIPP Facility
- A Brief Chronology of WIPP-Related Events
- Site Characteristics
- WIPP Construction
- Types of Radiation
- Measurement of Radiation
- Everyday Exposure to Radiation
- Effects on Humans
- Duration of Radioactivity of Waste at the WIPP
- Transportation Routes
- Transport Vehicles
- Transport Containers
- Driver Training
- Vehicle Inspection
- Tracking Waste Shipments
- Emergency Response
Appendix A: Expert WIPP Contacts
Appendix B: Other Resources
Reprinted with permission. Published by the National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center, June 2000, ISBN 0-87912-177-7.
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April 2003