Transuranic Waste

Ceiling Collapse at WIPP Won’t Affect Mine Reopening, DOE, Contractor Tell Paper

By Photo of ExchangeMonitor

Part of the ceiling has collapsed at the underground Waste Isolation Pilot Plant transuranic waste disposal facility near Carlsbad N.M., the Carlsbad Current-Argus newspaper reported Saturday.
According to the local paper, which obtained a letter disclosing the…

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ARLINGTON, VA – Tim Walsh, the Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary for the Office of Environmental Management (EM) said here Tuesday that his department is close to reaching an agreement with New Mexico officials over the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. Walsh said EM has been in productive negotiations with the New […]
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