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Under a federal plan, 34 metric tons of plutonium waste would be disposed of using the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad.

Carlsbad resident Mary Landreth argued that eastern New Mexico was already at a disproportionate risk of nuclear exposure.

That transition will mean SIMCO must quickly become versed on mining operations, nuclear waste protocols and several large capital projects at the site.

The Department of Energy awarded the $3 billion contract to Bechtel subsidiary Tularosa Basin Range Services doing business as Salado Isolation Mining.

A recent bill introduced by Democrat U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and Republican Ted Cruz would block federal funds to nuclear waste storage sites.

A recent bill introduced by Democrat U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and Republican Ted Cruz would block federal funds to nuclear waste storage sites.

Thirty-four metric tons of the nuclear waste destined for emplacement at the WIPP site could pass through New Mexico three times.

Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant reported a “minimal” release of radioactive materials during a test of a ventilation fan and contended the fan could be used safely during maintenance operations at the nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad. The fan was decommissioned after an accidental radiological release in 2014 led to contamination of parts of the underground where waste is disposed of, and a three-year halt of WIPP’s primary operations. Restarting the fan was needed, off...