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WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety
As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such facilities are sure to have many questions. Currently, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is the only example of such a repository in operation, and it offers the opportunity for state and local officials to visit and judge for themselves the risks and benefits of hosting a similar facility. But its history can also provide lessons for these officials, particularly the political process leading up to the opening of WIPP, the safety of WIPP operations and transportation of waste from generator facilities to the site, and the economic impacts the project has had on the local area of Carlsbad, as well as the rest of the state of New Mexico.
J. Spitzer, M. Ono, M. Peng, D. Bashore, T. Bigelow, A. Brooks, J. Chrzanowski, H. M. Fan, P. Heitzenroeder, T. Jarboe, R. Kaita, S. Kaye, H. Kugel, R. Majeski, C. Neumeyer, R. Parsells, E. Perry, N. Pomphrey, J. Robinson, D. Strickler, R. Wilson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1337-1341
Innovative Approaches to Fusion Energy | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963134
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The National Spherical Tokamak Experiment (NSTX) is an ultra low aspect ratio device with a plasma current of 1 MA. The tokamak features auxiliary heating and current drive with a close-fitting conducting shell to maximize the plasma pressure. NSTX is designed for an experimental pulse length that will demonstrate quasi-steady state non-inductively driven advanced tokamak operation. The design also takes maximum advantage of existing facilities and components from previous Princeton devices to reduce the overall program costs.
