REP. PEARCE QUESTIONS ORDER TO CLOSE WIPP PANELS

After New Mexico this week ordered the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to develop a plan to close two underground panels holding suspect waste drums, Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) is questioning the decision. Earlier this week, the New Mexico Environment Department ordered…

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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 […]