WIPP MANNED REENTRY SLATED FOR THIS WEEK

Manned reentry to the Waste isolation Pilot Plant underground is slated for this week, the first time that workers will reenter the underground since the Feb. 14 radiation release at the repository. The move will be major  step toward identifying the cause…

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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 […]