House Appropriators Look to Pension Funds to Help Cover WIPP Recovery Costs

House appropriators are proposing to have the Department of Energy use surplus National Nuclear Security Administration pension funds to help cover the cost of getting the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant back in operation after a radiological release occurred earlier…

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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 […]