/tags/department-of-energy Department of Energy en-US Copyright Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:39:21 GMT /local-news/2024-07-22/nuclear-waste-new-mexico Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:39:21 GMT /local-news/2024-07-22/nuclear-waste-new-mexico Megan Kamerick /local-news/2019-01-18/former-wipp-project-leader-talks-permit-changes Congress decided in the ’90s how much nuclear waste could be deposited into the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southern New Mexico. WIPP is the only place… Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:57:34 GMT /local-news/2019-01-18/former-wipp-project-leader-talks-permit-changes Marisa Demarco /local-news/2017-01-06/nmed-secretary-we-are-confident-wipp-is-ready-to-go The nation’s only underground nuclear waste dump is back in operation again. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad stored low level nuclear waste… Fri, 06 Jan 2017 18:06:57 GMT /local-news/2017-01-06/nmed-secretary-we-are-confident-wipp-is-ready-to-go Elaine Baumgartel /local-news/2015-06-17/epa-asks-for-public-input-on-wipp-recertification The Environmental Protection Agency is considering whether to recertify an underground nuclear waste storage facility in southeastern New Mexico. It’s the… Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:16:21 GMT /local-news/2015-06-17/epa-asks-for-public-input-on-wipp-recertification /local-news/2015-06-09/national-labs-fined-for-mishandling-classified-materials The Department of Energy has fined the contractors that manage Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories nearly $1 million for mishandling sensitive… Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:22:41 GMT /local-news/2015-06-09/national-labs-fined-for-mishandling-classified-materials /local-news/2014-12-08/feds-not-surprised-by-nuclear-fines The Department of Energy wasn’t surprised when they were hit with tens of millions of dollars in fines by the state environment department for mishandling… Tue, 09 Dec 2014 00:34:01 GMT /local-news/2014-12-08/feds-not-surprised-by-nuclear-fines /public-health-new-mexico/2014-08-12/doe-secretary-talks-wipp-in-carlsbad Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz hosted a town hall meeting in Carlsbad last night to talk about recovery efforts at the Waste Isolation Pilot… Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:43:05 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-08-12/doe-secretary-talks-wipp-in-carlsbad Marisa Demarco /public-health-new-mexico/2014-03-19/update-nuclear-waste-from-new-mexico-lab-may-go-to-texas 03/20/14 Update: Nuclear Waste From New Mexico Lab May Go To Texas - The Associated PressThe operator of the nation's troubled nuclear waste dump in… Wed, 19 Mar 2014 20:00:38 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-03-19/update-nuclear-waste-from-new-mexico-lab-may-go-to-texas Marisa Demarco /local-news/2012-06-26/doe-proposes-storing-tons-of-mercury-near-wipp-site The U.S. Department of Energy is eying two sites in Eddy County to store 10,000 metric tons of mercury (about 22 million pounds). A site in West Texas was… Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:10:08 GMT /local-news/2012-06-26/doe-proposes-storing-tons-of-mercury-near-wipp-site The Carlsbad Current-Argus