Transuranic Waste

DOE Budget Request Envisions WIPP Taking 10 Shipments Weekly

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The Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico would get a funding spike to $403 million in the Trump administration fiscal 2019 budget request, which envisions the underground disposal site taking 10 shipments weekly.
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