WIPP’s New Volume Calculation Significantly Enhances Disposal Levels, Group Says

The new method used by the U.S. Energy Department to calculate waste-disposal volumes at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., is significantly increasing the amount of radioactive material that can be interred, an advocacy group says.
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