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:
Contact-Handled Beginning 1999 |
Remote-Handled Beginning 2003 | Total |
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| 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 | 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.
Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force
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Contact Information
WIPP Transportation Safety Program
Coordinator,
New Mexico Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force
1220 South St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
P: (505) 476-3224
F: (505) 476-3322
emnrd.wipp.coordinator@state.nm.us