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It's been a decade since the radiological release at WIPP. Here's what has happened since then.

A ruptured drum of nuclear waste released radiation into the air in February 2014. Ten years later, debate rages on if the site has recovered.

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Commissioning of WIPP ventilation system begins : Waste & Recycling

Commissioning of the new large-scale ventilation system at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is at the top of the list of the US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management's priorities for 2023.

WIPP ventilation shaft reaches final depth - Nuclear Engineering International

Industry leaders call for economic diversity as New Mexico gets more reliant on oil money

New Mexico is the second-highest producer of crude oil in the U.S., after only Texas with which the state shares the Permian Basin.

Nuclear waste disposal permit issued for New Mexico site, WIPP to get bigger in November

A permit renewal added language for two additional disposal panels, where nuclear waste will be buried underground.

Here's what New Mexico stands to gain from the federal defense funding bill

The annual bill provides funds to national defense-related facilities throughout the U.S., including several in New Mexico.

Air shaft almost done at WIPP as concerns grow for site's expansion

WIPP ventilation shaft reaches new depths : Waste & Recycling

A new utility shaft at the US Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has now reached nearly 90% of the way to the underground waste repository depth of 2150 feet (655 metres). The new shaft is part of a major investment project to ensure the facility can operate safely and compliantly for decades to come.

What we know about the federal government's ongoing nuclear waste plans in New Mexico « nuclear-news

Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus  https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/2023/05/24/what-we-know-about-federal-nuclear-waste-plans-in-new-mexico-waste-isolation-pilot-plant-wipp/70242952007/ Southeast New Mexico is home to the nation’s only repository for nuclear waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant about 30 miles east of Carlsbad. At WIPP, transuranic (TRU) nuclear waste from across the country is trucked in and buried in a salt deposit about 2,000 feet underground. The waste…