NEW MEXICO TURNS DOWN WIPP SHIELDED CONTAINER REQUEST

The New Mexico Environment Department Tuesday turned down a Department of Energy request to allow remote-handled (RH) waste to be disposed of in shielded drums alongside regular transuranic waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Currently, the more highly radioactive…

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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 […]