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November 14, 2017EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently received its 12,000th shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste for disposal since opening in 1999.Office of Environmental Management
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November 7, 2017Saturday marked the 100th shipment to arrive at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant since transuranic waste shipments to the facility resumed in April.Office of Environmental Management
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October 24, 2017The 50th shipment of Cold War weapons waste from the Idaho Site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) has been completed.Office of Environmental Management
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October 17, 2017EM’s Office of River Protection and Bechtel National Inc. announced the completion of assembly of melters to vitrify Hanford’s low-activity waste.Office of Environmental Management
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September 28, 2017EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) expects to receive more shipments of transuranic (TRU) waste in fiscal 2017 than initially planned.Office of Environmental Management
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September 26, 2017The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) has awarded a storage task order to WCS.Office of Environmental Management
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August 17, 2017For the first time since 2012, EM recently shipped treated transuranic waste from Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center to WIPP.Office of Environmental Management
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August 17, 2017Workers at DOE’s Idaho Site have safely increased waste repackaging production thanks to the use of a soft-sided building.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleaseAugust 14, 2017For the first time since 2012, processed and treated transuranic waste is leaving Oak Ridge’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center for disposal.Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management
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July 28, 2017ORP & contractor Bechtel National, Inc. recognized WTP team for completing assembly of first of two Low-Activity Waste Facility vitrification melters.Office of Environmental Management