IG FINDS WIPP RUNNING OUT OF RH WASTE CAPACITY

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may not have enough capacity to receive the Department of Energy’s remaining remote-handled transuranic waste inventory, according to a Office of Inspector General report released Friday. The report reviewed the Office of Environmental…

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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 […]