/tags/waste-isolation-pilot-plant Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 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 /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2024-07-12/nuclear-waste-wipp-lanl What is the future of WIPP, which was supposed to be a pilot project, especially with more plutonium pit production planned at Los Alamos National Laboratory? How long will WIPP remain open and will it be expanded? Those are some of the questions advocates have for a town hall that will take place on July 22nd with top officials from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and its Office of Environmental Management. Sat, 13 Jul 2024 00:12:17 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2024-07-12/nuclear-waste-wipp-lanl Megan Kamerick /local-news/2019-01-23/judges-consider-challenges-to-new-nuclear-waste-site-in-n-m A private company called Holtec wants to store nuclear waste from the country’s power plants in New Mexico. A panel of three judges from the Atomic Safety… Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:20:14 GMT /local-news/2019-01-23/judges-consider-challenges-to-new-nuclear-waste-site-in-n-m Marisa Demarco /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 /public-health-new-mexico/2014-12-18/lingering-concerns-during-wipp-cleanup As cleanup of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant commences, folks down south remain concerned about transparency and oversight. John Heaton is the chairman… Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:33:17 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-12-18/lingering-concerns-during-wipp-cleanup Marisa Demarco /local-news/2014-12-09/wipp-incidents-result-in-54m-proposed-fines ¾ÅÉ«Íø Call In Show 12/11 8a: The New Mexico Environment Department has fined the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and Los Alamos National Laboratory a total of… Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:16:50 GMT /local-news/2014-12-09/wipp-incidents-result-in-54m-proposed-fines /local-news/2014-12-06/environment-department-fines-wipp-lanl-54m New Mexico is fining the U.S. Department of Energy $54 million for incidents at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste storage facility.The Waste… Sat, 06 Dec 2014 23:01:10 GMT /local-news/2014-12-06/environment-department-fines-wipp-lanl-54m Elaine Baumgartel /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/2014-03-24/wipp-failure-to-communicate The director of an organization that evaluated the WIPP site for over 25 years said officials aren’t doing enough to inform New Mexicans.Dr. Bob Neill led… Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:55:57 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2014-03-24/wipp-failure-to-communicate Marisa Demarco