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Estimated Number of WIPP Shipments
| Dates for shipments are the most recent dates provided by DOE. They are tentative and subject to change as more information becomes available from DOE. |
Opening of shipment routes will be phased-in:
Generator Site Initial Shipping Date
Number of Shipments
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Contact-Handled Beginning 1999 |
Remote-Handled Beginning 2003 |
Total |
| Los Alamos, New Mexico |
March 25, 1999 |
1,760 |
111 |
1,871 |
| Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab |
April 27, 1999 |
9,651 |
255 |
9,906 |
| Rocky Flats, Colorado |
June 15, 1999 |
2,261 |
0 |
2,261 |
| Hanford, Washington |
July 12, 2000 |
1,806 |
920 |
2,726 |
| Savannah River Site, South Carolina |
May 8, 2001 |
1,830 |
0 |
1,830 |
| Mound Laboratory, Ohio |
TBD |
30 |
0 |
30 |
| Argonne National Lab-East, Illinois |
TBD |
26 |
109 |
135 |
| Lawrence Livermore, California |
TBD |
106 |
0 |
106 |
| Nevada Test Site |
TBD |
112 |
0 |
112 |
| Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
TBD |
124 |
473 |
597 |
| Battelle Columbus Laboratory, Ohio |
TBD |
0 |
40 |
40 |
| Energy Technology Engineering Center, Santa Susana, California |
TBD |
0 |
6 |
6 |
| Totals |
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17,706 |
1,914 |
19,620 |
Dates of first shipment are for contact-handled (CH) wastes only. U.S. DOE projects that remote-handled (RH) waste shipments will commence in January 2003. For an explanation of contact- and remote-handled wastes, look in the Radiation Primer.
Source:
- Shipment numbers from the "WIPP Disposal Phase Final SEIS-II," DOE/EIS-0026-S-2, November 1996, Volume 1, Chapter 5, page 5-13, Proposed Action. Numbers are subject to change.
- Information for LANL, INEEL and Rocky Flats initial shipping dates were provided in DOE's Shipping Notice. Initial shipping dates for all other sites will be promulgated when known.
TBD: To Be Determined.
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