DNFSB CONCERNED WITH WIPP MAINTENANCE PROGRAM

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is again raising issues with the maintenance program at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, expressing concern last week on the effectiveness of maintenance work control documents (WCDs). After the Board expressed concern…

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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 […]