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The entrance to the WasteIsolation Pilot Plant nearCarlsbad, N.M.
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant atsunrise.
A view of the Waste Isolation PilotPlant from a distance.
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..- -..--A Tri State Motor Transit trucktransporting three TRUPACT-IIshipping containers on thehighway.
A CAST Transportation trucktransporting three TRUPACT-IIshipping containers on thehighway.
A WIPP truck approaches ther•••••.•."";::::;":•••Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
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A shipment of contact-handledtransuranic waste arrives at theWaste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Contact-handledTRU waste disposal
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An empty TRUPACT-II is loadedonto a trailer. TRUPACT-lis aresent to the generator sites emptyand return with transuranic waste
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The outer-shell lid of a TRUPACT-II is lifted off inside of the WasteHandling Building.
Transuranic waste arrives in theWIPP underground on the wastehoist. The white vehicle is called atransporter, which will move thewaste to the disposal area.
A radiation control techniciankeeps a watchful eye as contact-handled transuranic waste isdisposed in the WIPP
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Remote-handledTRU waste disposal
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An RH-72B shipping container is•••••------ a lead-lined cask that is certified
by the U.S. Nuclear RegulatoryCommission. The RH-72B is usedfor shipping remote-handledtransuranic waste to the Waste
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The CNS 10-160B is an alternateshipping container for sendingremote-handled transuranic wasteto the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
The Horizontal Emplacement andRetreival Equipment (HERE) isused to push remote-handledtransuranic waste into horizontalboreholes in the disposal room
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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plantuses a continuous miner to carvedisposal rooms out of thePermian Salt Formation, nearly ahalf mile below the surface.
An underground dump truckempties its load at the SaltHandling Shaft for the 2,150-foottrip to the surface.
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