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$15M elevator repairs at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear repository starting in July
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA $15 million project to rebuild part of an elevator at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant used to move...
Aging infrastructure could pose risks at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste site
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoAn elevator used to move mined salt out of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant drew concerns from...
Nuclear waste disposal permit issued for New Mexico site, WIPP to get bigger in November
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA day after a permit for nuclear disposal in southeast New Mexico was issued, workers at the Waste...
The WIPP facility near Carlsbad will mine new space to dispose of nuclear waste
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoMore space is coming to dispose of nuclear waste at a Carlsbad-area facility where the materials...
Nuke weapons waste disposal using Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to have 'negligible impact'
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWeapons-grade plutonium could be disposed of using the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant through a controversial project that moved forward Friday as federal officials issued the results of an environmental ...
It's been a decade since the radiological release at WIPP. Here's what has happened since then.
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA drum of nuclear waste ruptured 10 years ago in the underground of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant...
WIPP marks 25 years of operation in southeast New Mexico
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant began disposing of nuclear waste in New Mexico on March 26, 1999....
New ventilation system at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nears completion
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoNov. 27—After years of delays, swelling costs and legal battles, crews are in the final stretch of installing a $500 million ventilation system federal managers say will allow more work to be ...
New Mexico considers permit renewal for WIPP. Critics say its too risky
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAnother decade of nuclear waste disposal at a Carlsbad-area repository drew debate between local...
489 shipments of nuclear waste made its way to WIPP in 2023, breaking previous records
Carlsbad Current-Argus via Yahoo News· 4 months agoMore nuclear waste was disposed of last year at a repository near Carlsbad than any other year since...