Transuranic Waste

COVID, Underground Conditions Stymie WIPP Shipments

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Recent problems behind it, the Department of Energy said Friday it is ready to resume taking shipments of transuranic waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico after being unable to do so for about a month.
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