N.M. SENS. URGE ADMINISTRATION TO SUBMIT WIPP BUDGET AMENDMENT

As preparations continue for Fiscal Year 2015 appropriations bills, New Mexico Sens. Tom Udall (D) and Martin Heinrich (D) are urging the Obama Administration to amend its budget request to respond to the incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The Department…

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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 […]