The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new underground storage areas. The Waste Isolation Pilot ...
New Mexico has fined the US DOE $16m for failing to prioritise the removal of legacy waste from LANL for disposal at WIPP.
State environment agency also ordered revise of the estimated 25,000-acre DOE site's disposal permit for WIPP—the N.M.underground repository for federal transuranic waste—to increase the volume of ...
State environmental regulators will also fine the Energy Department up to $16 million for exceeding safe groundwater standards near the nuclear lab.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – The EPA has approved more nuclear waste storage at the New Mexico Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has met its goal to complete eight shipments of transuranic waste to the ...
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...
One of the highest-risk components of nuclear waste is iodine-129 (I-129), which stays radioactive for millions of years and accumulates in human thyroids when ingested. In the U.S., nuclear waste ...
The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has met its goal to complete eight shipments of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico for permanent disposal ...