Pu Disposal at WIPP Lowest Cost Disposition Option, DOE Study Says

Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
5/2/2014
As the Department of Energy considers its options for disposing of surplus plutonium, a new study released this week suggests that downblending the material and disposing of it at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may be the…

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