Editor's note: This article was updated April 23 to reflect a correction in the affiliation of Joni Arends. Arends is a member of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety. Nuclear waste managers could ...

Aug. 28—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to hear more opinions on proposed changes to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. A stakeholder meeting in Santa Fe on Wednesday, one of three held ...

A truck carries waste to WIPP. A Carlsbad field office for WIPP appeared on a list for lease termination, but feds said it no longer was on March 6, 2025 (Photo courtesy DOE) The federal government ...

Nuclear waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant repository near Carlsbad were suspended for about two months as workers completed numerous maintenance projects at the underground facility.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 23—It's a one-of-a-kind facility. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, more than 25 miles from Carlsbad, is the nation's only ...

A shipment of transuranic waste approaches EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) on the WIPP North Access Road. To date, almost 13,000 shipments have been safely transported to WIPP, and its drivers ...

The underground mine at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is used to dispose of nuclear waste. Provided by the Department of Energy Adrian HeddenEl Rito Mediaachedden@currentargus.com A federal plan to ...

The only permanent nuclear waste storage site in the country, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, has federal approval to add two new underground storage areas. The Waste Isolation Pilot ...

Workers re-entered the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s underground storage facility for the first time since a February radiological release. Two eight-person teams entered the mine on April 2. The ...