WIPP TIMELINE STILL UNCERTAIN, DOE EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR CONTINUING TRU WORK

When the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may reopen remains uncertain, but the Department of Energy is “exploring all options” to keep transuranic waste efforts moving ahead, DOE cleanup chief David Huizenga said yesterday at the Waste Management Symposia.…

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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 […]