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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), located about 25 miles east of Carlsbad, in southeastern New Mexico, is slated to be the first deep geologic repository for permanent disposal of radioactive wastes in the United States. The repository will be located in bedded salt of Permian (225 m.y. B.P.) age, at a depth of 655 m below the ground surface. The present mission of WIPP calls for a permanent disposal of approximately 170,000 cubic meters of defense transuranic (TRU) wastes and for temporary, retrievable emplacement of 4.25 cubic meters of experimental high level wastes. The site will not be licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) but will comply with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards and all other federal and state regulations.

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO065i031p00457

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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A new report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) takes predictions about life in the “greenhouse” future one step farther by analyzing the possible effects a build‐up in atmospheric carbon dioxide would have on the hydrologic cycle. While principal authors David Rind and Sergej Lebedeff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York warn that their computer models are “only the first step in the process of planning for future changes,” they suggest that a greenhouse warming would cause “substantial changes throughout the hydrologic cycle.”The study focuses specifically on changes in hydrologic conditions such as precipitation, evaporation, soil moisture, and runoff that would accompany a twofold increase in atmospheric CO2. The Goddard model produces an atmospheric warming of 4.1°C for this doubling, which is at the high end of the range predicted by National Academy of Sciences studies (Eos, November 15, 1983, p. 929, and August 17,

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO065i031p00459-01

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY

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The following hearing has been tentatively scheduled for the coming week by the Senate and House of Representatives. Dates and times should be verified with the committee or subcommittee holding the hearing; all offices on Capitol Hill may be reached by telephoning 202‐224‐3121. For guidelines on contacting a member of Congress, see AGU's Guide to Legislative Information and Contacts (Eos, April 17, 1984, p . 1

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/EO065i031p00460-01

年代:1984

数据来源: WILEY