DOE Agrees to Independent Review of WIPP Incidents

The Department of Energy is planning to support an independent review of the incidents earlier this year at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a condition previously called for by New Mexico for restart of the facility. In order to regain confidence in the facility,…

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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 […]