WIPP Investigation Moves Ahead With ‘Project Reach’

Mine Recovery Continues
Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
1/16/2014
The investigation into last year’s radiological release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant that has shut down the facility took a step forward last week with the inauguration of Project Reach,…

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