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Transuranic Waste Processing From Start to Finish

Transuranic Waste Processing From Start to Finish

Office of Environmental Management

April 23, 2019
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Transuranic Waste Process
Transuranic Waste Process

CARLSBAD, N.M. – Transuranic waste processing involves characterization at the waste generator sites, transportation to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), waste handling, and emplacement 2,150 feet below the desert floor in the WIPP repository.

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