DOE: ‘Zero’ Damage Ratio for Waste Storage Containers ‘Inappropriate’

Alissa Tabirian
NS&D Monitor
7/31/2015
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s (LANL) proposition to credit pipe overpack containers (POC) with a damage ratio of zero at the Area G nuclear waste disposal site was found “inappropriate” and “not…

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