Tag Archives: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

Paper claims no filtration needed at WIPP via Current-Argus

Posted on 2017/04/02 by nfield

Researchers at the Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center believe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant officials are being unnecessarily cautious by continuing to filter air leaving the underground. […] A paper presented in March at the 2017 Waste Management Conference in Phoenix claims … Continue reading →

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Feds propose sealing part of nuclear waste repository via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2016/10/14 by norma field

ALBUQUERQUE — A section of the federal government’s only underground nuclear waste repository would be permanently sealed under a plan announced Thursday during a public meeting aimed at addressing concerns about a recent series of ceiling collapses at the troubled … Continue reading →

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Half-Built Nuclear Fuel Plant in South Carolina Faces Test on Its Future via The New York Times

Posted on 2016/02/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON — Time may finally be running out on the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, a multibillion-dollar, over-budget federal project that has been hard to kill. The Energy Department has already spent about $4.5 billion on the half-built plant near … Continue reading →

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In 10,000 years, we’ll know how it ends via the Harvard Gazette

Posted on 2015/12/07 by norma field

On a recent afternoon at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Peter Galison did some quick math to make a monumental point. “Ten thousand years ago,” the Pellegrino University Professor said from a seat in the Harvard Film Archive’s … Continue reading →

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New Mexico leaders push for high-level nuclear waste via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2015/04/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

At first glance, the barren stretch of desert between Carlsbad and Hobbs in southeastern New Mexico seems unfit for any kind of industry. But this rugged, nondescript patch of land is poised to be the focus of the next national … Continue reading →

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WIPP waste handler sues operators for negligence via Current-Argus News

Posted on 2014/08/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

CARLSBAD >> An employee at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is suing current and past operators of the federal nuclear waste disposal facility. William Utter claims he has experienced severe physical injuries as a result of smoke inhalation from the … Continue reading →

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New theory: WIPP leak linked to glove in waste drum via The New Mexican

Posted on 2014/07/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

LOS ALAMOS — A glove used to process nuclear waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory and metallic residue from that process have grabbed the attention of investigators probing the cause of a radiation leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Radiation Releases Continue in New Mexico via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2014/07/02 by norma field

By William Boardman Something happened in February, something is STILL going on nvironmental radiation releases spiked again in mid-June around the surface site of the only underground storage facility for nuclear weapons waste in the U.S., near Carlsbad, New Mexico. … Continue reading →

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Feds Leave Radioactive Waste Stranded In Wildfire Danger Zone via Common Dreams

Posted on 2014/06/01 by norma field

DOE announces it will not meet deadline for removal of radioactive containers held above-ground at northern New Mexico nuclear weapons lab – Sarah Lazare, staff writer Officials in New Mexico have warned that the waste at Los Alamos could be … Continue reading →

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New Information Provided About Possible Contributor to the WIPP Radiological Event via Department of Energy

Posted on 2014/05/18 by norma field

The Department of Energy issued the following statement today regarding new information generated during the May 15 entry into WIPP: Since the February 14 radiological release, the Department and its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant have been working deliberately to safely … Continue reading →

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