Tag Archives: the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Flynn accuses feds of blocking WIPP probe via Santa Fe/New Mexican

Posted on 2014/09/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

New Mexico’s top environmental regulator lashed out at the U.S. Department of Energy this week, accusing it of impeding the state’s investigation into the circumstances that led to a radiation leak earlier this year at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant … Continue reading →

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Cause of New Mexico nuclear waste accident remains a mystery via Los Angels Times

Posted on 2014/08/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Experts still haven’t unraveled how an accident contaminated the nation’s only dump for nuclear weapons waste Nuclear waste accident in New Mexico was a ‘horrific comedy of errors’ Preliminary investigation finds more than 30 safety lapses at New Mexico nuclear … Continue reading →

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Why small towns want nuclear waste dumps via The Washington Post

Posted on 2014/08/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A nuclear-waste disposal site in New Mexico closed in February after a radiation leak forced an evacuation. Yet residents near the site want it reopened. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz promised Monday he would get the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad up … Continue reading →

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