SCRUTINY CONTINUES OF LOS ALAMOS DRUMS SENT TO WIPP AND WCS

The Department of Energy, national labs and Waste Control Specialists are all scrutinizing transuranic waste drums from Los Alamos National Laboratory that may have led to the Feb. 14 radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. While LANL has been the…

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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 […]