Transuranic Waste

Carlsbad not looking for WIPP to add waste treatment

By Photo of Wayne Barber

The Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office in New Mexico is not planning to add any treatment capabilities for problem shipments of transuranic waste arriving at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a federal manager said Tuesday.
“We don’t have any measures…

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