National Academies Looking at WIPP for Disposal of Plutonium, Tank-Waste

By Dan Leone

At the Energy Department’s request, the congressionally chartered National Academies will study the potential for sending 34 metric tons of processed weapon-grade plutonium — and possibly other waste — to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad,…

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