Wrap Up: WIPP cites construction headway; WCS again considered for mercury; Nevada waste disposal rebounds

A major underground ventilation project key to the future of the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is almost two-thirds of the way finished, a manager for the prime contractor told a virtual “town hall” meeting Thursday.
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