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Sites/Sources of Nuclear Waste Shipments to WIPP

Site by Site Breakdown of WIPP Shipments

Updated January 16, 2002

Time Period # Ship-
ments 		# Containers Cubic
Feet 		Cubic
Meters
Hanford Site
July 14, 2000 -
September 30, 2000 		3 89 55-gal.    658 19
October 1, 2000 -
December 31, 2000 		2 84 55-gal.    622 17.6
March 31, 2001 -
September 30, 2001 		5 210 55-gal. 1,554 44.1
Totals 10 383 55-gal. 2,834 80.7
Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory (INEEL)
April 28, 1999 -
October 2, 1999 		4 126 55-gal.      932   26.5
July 28, 2000 -
September 30, 2000 		12 455 55-gal.   3,367   95.5
October 1, 2000 -
December 31, 2000 		14 394 55-gal.   2,916   82.7
January 1, 2001 -
September 30, 2001 		107 2,926 55-gal. 21,652 614.5
October 1, 2001 -
December 31, 2001 		33 951 55-gal. 7,037 199.7
January 1, 2002 -
January 16, 2002 		12 317 55-gal. 2,346 66.5
Totals 182 5,169 55-gal. 38,250 1,085.2
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
March 26, 1999 -
September 22, 1999 		17 101 SWBs 6,696 190
April 20, 2001 -
September 30, 2001 		7 36 SWBs
28 55-gal.		 2,387
   207		   67.7
    5.9
October 1, 2002 -
December 31, 2001 		1 4 SWBs 265 7.5
Totals 25 141 SWBs
   28 55-gal.		 9,348
   207 		265.2
    5.9
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS)
June 17, 1999 -
November 9, 1999 		23 600 55-gal.   4,440 126
March 11, 2000 -
September 30, 2000 		31 895 55-gal.   6,623 188
October 1, 2000 -
December 31, 2000 		22 924 55-gal.   6,838 194
January 1, 2001 -
September 30, 2001 		140 4,049 55-gal. 29,963 850.2
October 1, 2001 -
December 31, 2001 		65 1,820 55-gal. 13,468 382.2
January 1, 2002 -
January 16, 2002 		17 476 55-gal. 3,522 99.9
Totals 298 8,764 55-gal. 64,854 1,840.4
Savannah River Site (SRS)
May 10, 2001 -
September 30, 2001 		7 294 55-gal.   2,175 61.7
Totals 7 294 55-gal.   2,175 61.7
Yearly Totals
1999 Totals 44 726 55-gal.
101 SWBs 		  5,372
  6,696
12,028 		152.5
190   
342.5
2000 Totals 84 2,841 55-gal. 21,024 596.8
2001 Totals 365 10,278 55-gal.
40 SWBs 		76,057
  2,652
75,682 		2,158.2
     75.2
2,147.4
2002 Totals 29 793 55-gal. 5,483 155.5
Cumulative
Totals 		522 14,638 55-gal.
141 SWBs 		108,320
  9,348
117,668 		3,073.9
   265.2
3,339.1
Totals by Fiscal Year
FY 1999 32 406 55-gal.
101 SWBs 		3,004
6,696
9,700 		  85.3
190   
275.3
FY 2000 58 1,759 55-gal. 13,016 369.7
FY 2001 304 8,909 55-gal.
36 SWBs 		65,927
  2,387
68,314 		1,870.7
     67.7
1,938.4
FY 2002 128 3,564 55-gal.
4 SWBs 		26,373
  265
26,253 		748.3
   7.5
755.8
Cumulative
Totals 		522 14,638 55-gal.
141 SWBs 		108,320
  9,348
117,668 		3,073.9
   265.2
3,339.1

 

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