Three Months after WIPP Release, No Definitive Answer on the Cause

Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
5/16/2014
As this week marked three months since the Feb. 14 radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant that has left the facility shut down for the foreseeable future, there is still no clear answer as to what caused the…

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