title: Investigation of an Accidental Radiological Release in an Underground Disposal Facility.
abstract: A radioactive release took place at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico, on 14 February 2014. An alarm from a Continuous Air Monitor caused a switch from unfiltered to filtered air exiting the facility through High-Efficiency Particulate Arrestance filters. The activity measured on the filters demonstrated first order decay, indicating that the release was a single release. The facility was reentered in April 2014 and photographic evidence pointed to a single breached 55-gallon drum that originated at Los Alamos as the source of the release. Data were collected and analyzed to verify the source and cause of the release.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Energy, Germantown, MD; †Florida International University, Miami, FL.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poppiti
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sheffield
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D064371:Hazardous Waste Sites / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009516:New Mexico; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D011850:Radioactive Waste