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Title: Delaware Basin Monitoring Annual Report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/926091· OSTI ID:926091

The Delaware Basin Drilling Surveillance Program (DBDSP) is designed to monitor drilling activities in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). This program is based on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements. EPA requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate the expected performance of the disposal system using a probabilistic risk assessment or performance assessment (PA). This PA must show that the expected repository performance will not release radioactive material above limits set by the EPA's standard and must consider inadvertent drilling into the repository at some future time.

Research Organization:
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Carlsbad, NM
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-86AL31950; AC29-01AL66444
OSTI ID:
926091
Report Number(s):
DOE/WIPP-99-2308, Rev. 2; TRN: US1001881
Resource Relation:
Related Information: Period covered - September 2000 through August 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English