Transuranic Waste

With Little Fanfare, Six Tons of Plutonium Officially Headed to WIPP

By Photo of Dan Leone

The Energy Department’s decision to officially ship 6 metric tons of diluted weapon-grade plutonium to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M., ultimately registered as a pot-sweetener this week as flashier nonproliferation news stole the…

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Walsh touts EM rebranding, defends AI, cites WIPP talks

ARLINGTON – The head of the Department of Energy’s $8-billion nuclear cleanup branch said here Tuesday the Office of Environmental Management (EM) is indeed being renamed. In his “State of EM” speech, Walsh again said the Environmental Management office… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]
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SRS resumes sending remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

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SRS resumes shipping remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

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