No Set Schedule for WIPP to Return to Pre-COVID-19 Waste Shipment Levels

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is ramping up operations that have been reduced for months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there is no set schedule for a return to prior waste emplacement levels, according to the head of the Department of…

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