AIR SAMPLING NEAR WIPP RETURNS TO BACKGROUND LEVELS

Results from aboveground air sampling stations in and around the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant property have returned to near background levels, according to data released Friday by the independent Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center. Samples analyzed…

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SRS resumes shipping remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

The Department of Energy has sent its first shipment of remote-handled transuranic waste since 2009 from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) using a new shipping container. Remote-handled waste is more radioactive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]