DOE AWARDS NEW MEXICO $1.6 MILLION FOR WIPP MONITORING

The Department of Energy yesterday awarded a $1.6 million grant to the New Mexico Environment Department for oversight and monitoring of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The grant will be used cover five years of NMED non-regulatory activities at the defense transuranic…

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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 […]