WIPP News

A group of employees in yellow and white hazmat suits using a glovebox machine
The Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office and cleanup contractor Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos recently resumed preparation of certain legacy transuranic waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory for disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
A graphic of a white tractor trailer truck carrying large white tanks with the text "14,000 shipments" above it
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently crossed a major milestone: the 14,000th shipment of defense-generated transuranic (TRU) nuclear waste was delivered to its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and emplaced in the underground repository.
A large factory building with large, white ductwork coming out of it and beside it
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has achieved a significant milestone by completing construction of the Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) facility — a new, state-of-the-art, large-scale ventilation system at its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
A large group of people pose for a picture in a parking lot standing in front of a truck carrying 3 large, grey canisters
EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) reached a major milestone last week — 25 years of operations at the nation’s only deep, underground geological repository for disposal of defense-generated transuranic (TRU) nuclear waste.