Transuranic Waste

WIPP works on defining legacy waste, finishing big infrastructure projects

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The Department of Energy and its prime contractor at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant are conferring with stakeholders and generators to better define legacy transuranic waste, managers said during a public meeting Tuesday in Roswell, N.M.
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DOE rejects deadline extension for Portsmouth-Paducah tech support RFP

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WIPP should have reported when 2 miners were stuck in hoist, board says

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DOE agrees to install mobile showers at Hanford disposal site under settlement

Environmental scientists in protective suits surveying contaminated soil at an industrial cleanup site.

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