New Mexico Lays Out Steps DOE Must Take Before Reopening WIPP

As the closure of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nears the seven month mark, New Mexico Environment Department Secretary Ryan Flynn listed a range of steps the state needs the Department of Energy to take before it can reopen the facility. If those steps are followed…

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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 […]