Ultimately, the goal is to understand the impact of radiation on the various materials and constituents in waste tanks and how they age. (pnnl.gov)
Among the last activities conducted by EEG was a workshop on March 16, 2004 related to technical issues regarding some of the high - level waste tanks at DOE's Hanford, Washington site and whether some of the wastes could be disposed at WIPP. (sric.org)
That idea had been strongly rejected by Governor Bill Richardson, and a provision was included in the WIPP Permit in 2004 to prohibit waste from those 20 tanks and 157 others at Hanford, as well as high - level waste tanks at the Idaho National Lab and Savannah River Site. (sric.org)