Transuranic Waste

Livermore, Sandia Labs to Make First Shipments to WIPP Since Outage

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The Energy Department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., is expected to receive 330 shipments of transuranic waste over the next 12 months, with some coming from sites that have not shipped material in years.
The Energy Department and its WIPP…

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