Transuranic Waste

WIPP shaft sinking reaches midway point

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Workers at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., are roughly halfway through sinking a new underground utility shaft, site managers said Thursday.
Shaft-sinking crews recently surpassed the midway point at 1,076-feet deep,…

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