WIPP utility shaft hits paydirt, nearly 2,300 feet deep

The long-planned new air-intake shaft at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has been excavated to its final depth of 2,275 feet, the agency said Tuesday.
Completion of the 26-feet-wide shaft is a 2023 priority for DOE’s Office…

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SRS resumes shipping remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

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