Former Los Alamos Contractor Earns 94 Percent of Fee in FY 2018 Period
EM and contractor officials discussed here last week the path forward for WIPP following the resumption of waste shipments to the facility.
EM has reached a milestone of moving 9 million tons of uranium mill tailings from the Moab Site in Utah to the dedicated disposal cell.
EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) recently received its 12,000th shipment of transuranic (TRU) waste for disposal since opening in 1999.
A new shipping cask design enables EM’s Idaho Site to significantly increase nuclear waste shipments for disposal.
Saturday marked the 100th shipment to arrive at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant since transuranic waste shipments to the facility resumed in April.
EM recently achieved a significant milestone when the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant received its 50th transuranic (TRU) waste shipment since April 7.
Drivers who transport transuranic (TRU) waste to WIPP are trucking industry veterans with impeccable driving and safety records.
The EM Carlsbad Field Office requires two drivers or a team transport a transuranic (TRU) waste shipment to WIPP.