Spanish 
Chinese 
Russian 
German 
French 
Japanese 
Portuguese 
Hindi Journal of Nuclear Energy Science & Power Generation TechnologyISSN: 2325-9809
Thakur P Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Deep geologic repository; WIPP; Radiation release event; Environmental and health impact
Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center, 1400 University Drive, Carlsbad, NM 88220, USA
Biography
| Thakur P is worked in the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center, 1400 University Drive, Carlsbad, NM 88220, USA |
Publications
Research Article Subscription
Lesson Learned from the February 2014 Fire and Radiation Release Events at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, USA
Author(s): Thakur P, Hardy R
The recently reopened Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is expected to resume accepting new shipments of nuclear waste from across the DOE (Department of Energy) complex by April, 2017. There was no road map for cleaning up the nation’s only deep geologic repository for defense nuclear waste when it was contaminated three years ago after two accidents in February 2014 shutdown the facility and contaminated 22 workers with very low level of radiation as some radioactive material escaped above ground. The dominant radionuclides released were americium and plutonium, in a ratio that matches the content of the breached drum. According to the source term estimation, the actual amount of radioactivity released from the WIPP site was less than 1.5 millicurie. From the modeling, monitori... view more»
Google Scholars / Researchers Sites
