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Waste Management:
Publications
WIPP
On this page:
- Radiation and Radiation Protection Issues
- EPA's Role and Activities
- WIPP Bulletin
- Fact Sheets
- Obtaining WIPP publications
Publications are in pdf format unless otherwise noted. [about pdf format]
Radiation and Radiation Protection Issues
- Radioactive Waste Disposal:An Environmental Perspective
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Radiation: Risk and Realities(PDF) (16pp, 1.17Mb
[about pdf format] ) [EPA 402-k-07-006]
This booklet describes the risks and benefits of ionizing radiation. - Ionizing Radiation Fact Book (PDF) (22pp, 1.12Mb
[about pdf format] )[EPA 402-F-06-061]
This booklet provides basic information about ionizing radiation and discusses health effects of radiation exposure.
EPA's Role and Activities
- EPA and the WIPP (7/94)
- EPA's WIPP Implementation Strategy for the WIPP Land
Withdrawal Act (3/93)
- Implementation of the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act: FY 2004 Report to Congress (PDF) (14 pp, 151 Kb) (reports from previous years are available through EPA's WIPP dockets.)
- Evaluation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Public Outreach Process during the Certification Process at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico (PDF) (Submitted April, 2001, by Phoenix Environmental and EnviroIssues) (6pp, 41.13 Kb)
WIPP Bulletins
- December 2003 (PDF)
- March 2002 (PDF)
- September 2000 (PDF)
- January 1999 (PDF)
- Winter 1997, No. 4 (PDF)
- Spring 1996, No. 3 (PDF)
- Spring 1995, No. 2 [hard copies only ]
- Spring 1994, No. 1 (PDF)
EPA's Fact Sheets:
- 2006 Recertification, No. 1 -- Overview (PDF) (3pp, 1.03Kb) (03/06)
- 2006 Recertification, No. 2 -- Public Information and Input on WIPP (PDF) (1pp, 280Kb) (03/06)
- 2006 Recertification, No. 3 -- Performance Assessment (PDF) (2pp, 296Kb) (03/06)
- 2006 Recertification, No. 4 -- TRU Waste Inventory (PDF) (2pp, 274Kb) (03/06)
- 2006 Recertification, No. 5 -- Groundwater (PDF) (2pp, 317Kb) (03/06)
- 2006 Recertification, No. 6-- Karst (PDF) (1pp, 227 Kb) (03/06)
- Proposed Changes to EPA’s Compliance Criteria for the Recertification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (PDF) (1pp, 126Kb) (June '02)
- Regulating the Safety of WIPP (PDF) (5pp, 642Kb) (May '02)
- Final Certification Decision for the WIPP (PDF) (May '98)
- EPA's Continuing Regulation of the WIPP (PDF) (May '98)
How can I obtain WIPP publications not offered on-line?
- Receive new WIPP publications--hot off the press!--by adding your name to the WIPP mailing list.
- Order any of the publications listed by contacting us.
- You can find Federal Register notices and other documents relating to the legal aspects of EPA's certification and recertification decisions on the WIPP Compliance Certification and Recertification Decisions Documents page and in the Dockets.
