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Appendix F: Overview of the Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Characterization Plan
Pages 103-104

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... of the origin and composition of the waste must be documented to provide evidence that the waste has a defense origin (by the terms of the Land Withdrawal Act, only defense-related TRU waste may legally be sent to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and to provide characterization information on the waste constituents.
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... F.4 Visual Examination A visual examination is performed on a fraction of the waste containers by placing the waste contents into a gIovebox to verify the AK and real-time radiography information. DOE proposed that 2 percent of the initial population of containers of each waste stream be visually examined, and if these evaluations resulted in few miscertifications, the percentage of subsequent waste containers to undergo visual examination would be reduced.


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