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The Exchange Monitor staff are hunkering down for the winter holidays and will observe a publishing break next week, during which Weapons Complex Morning Briefing will publish only on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022 and Thursday, Dec., 29, 2022. 

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WIPP batteries earmarked for NIOSH mine fire research

Three large Lithium-Ion batteries from the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), near Carlsbad, N.M., are being shipped to Pittsburgh where government researchers will study potential mine-fire risks. DOE and WIPP prime Salado Isolation Mining Contractors have reached an Inter-Agency Agreement with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The batteries […]