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 ...
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 ...
The U.S. Department of Energy faces $16 million in penalties over its delayed cleanup of radioactive and hazardous wastes.
State environmental regulators will also fine the Energy Department up to $16 million for exceeding safe groundwater ...
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 ...
As the result of a congressional mandate, the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear Security Administration has asked the National Academies to evaluate the general feasibility of DOE’s ...
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What should countries do with their nuclear waste? Management strategies focus on radionuclide iodine-129
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 ...
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Goal met: More transuranic waste from Oak Ridge shipped to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in NM
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 ...
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