Wipp Nuclear Waste New Mexico

Wipp has been disposing of legacy transuranic tru waste since 1999 cleaning up 22 generator sites nationwide.

Nuclear fusion yahoo nuclear power x ray. The waste isolation pilot plant or wipp is the worlds third deep geological repository after germanys repository for radioactive waste morsleben and the schacht asse ii salt mine licensed to store transuranic radioactive waste for 10000 years. We manage and operate the us. A nuclear watchdog group in albuquerque filed two appeals in new mexico supreme court last week seeking to block the construction of a utility shaft at the waste isolation pilot plant.

Hayes is an associate professor of nuclear engineering at north carolina state university and a former principal engineer at new mexicos waste isolation pilot plant wipp. Department of energys waste isolation pilot plant wipp in southeast new mexico. New subcontractor hired to continue work on ventilation system at nuclear waste site so far this year nine shipments were sent read a doe news release.

The plant started operation in 1999 and the project is. New mexico implements this authority under the hwa nmsa 1978 74 4 1 et seq repl. The waste is from the research and production of united states nuclear weapons only.

Tru waste consists of clothing tools rags residues debris soil and other items contaminated with small amounts of plutonium and other man made radioactive elements. Being able to use rant alongside our colleagues in the nnsa mission represents a significant step forward in terms of ems ability to ship transuranic waste to wipp lachman said. The waste isolation pilot plant wipp is the nations only deep geologic long lived radioactive waste repository.

The national nuclear security administration plans to move weapons grade plutonium from los alamos national laboratory to an underground storage site in southern new mexico that nuclear watchdogs. Nuclear waste partnership llc nwp is a amentum led entity with partner bwxt and major subcontractor orano. Decisions made about expanding wipp could determine whether southeastern new mexico becomes the primary target for future nuclear waste storage and disposal or whether wipps problems are addressed and a scientifically sound publicly acceptable national nuclear waste program is finally undertakene congress may take action on nuclear waste.

Even if im making nuclear weapons im going to be making trash he said.