WIPP receives 36 shipments during November

The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., received at least 36 shipments of transuranic waste in November, according to its public website.
It takes about two weeks for shipments to appear on the DOE website. As of Monday, the…

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