Actinide Chemistry & Repository Science (EES-12)

As the research arm of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the Actinide Chemistry & Repository Science Program (ACRSP) has established core capabilities to study the environmental behavior of the actinide elements in a repository environment. The study of actinides is important to WIPP as the repository only accepts materials contaminated with transuranic elements (actinides).

ACRSP NQA-1 (nuclear quality assurance) laboratory studies utilize laser photoacoustic spectrometry and other state-of-the-art equipment to provide source and confirmatory data for WIPP regulatory compliance, as well as serve to strengthen the field of repository science.

Dr. Jean-Francois Lucchini, left, and Dr. Marian Borkowski, right, with the Actinide Chemistry & Repository Science Program, work in the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring Center laboratories.  (Photo courtesy of Los Alamos National Laboratory)

  ACRSP is partnered with New Mexico State University's Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center. www.cemrc.org