In physics, a time projection chamber is a type of particle detector that uses a combination of electric fields and magnetic fields together with a sensitive volume of gas or liquid to perform a three
The TPC of the ALICE experiment at CERN
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, in New Mexico, US, is a deep geological repository licensed to store transuranic radioactive waste for 10,000 years. The storage rooms at the WIPP are 2,150 f
Time projection chamber
…prototype detectors have been built and tested in laboratories at MIT and BU. The collaboration took its first data in an underground laboratory at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site near Carlsbad, New Mexico in Fall, 2010. Dark Matter Time Projection Chamber published first results from a surface run in 2010, setting a…
WIPP, a geological repository for radioactive waste
Installing supports in waste disposal rooms to keep them stable until filled
Shipment of casks arriving at the WIPP
On February 14, 2014, radioactive materials leaked from a damaged storage drum. Analysis of accidents at the WIPP, by the DOE, have shown lack of a "safety culture" at the facility.