X-ray could mean more nuclear waste sent to WIPP from South Carolina
The equipment at Savannah River was installed to meet revised waste characterization requirements after a 2014 radiological release at WIPP.
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Plutonium shipments to WIPP in southeast NM expected to increase
Federal nuclear waste managers are planning to ramp up shipments of plutonium from a site in South Carolina for final disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeast New Mexico. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) began preparing equipment at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, South Carolina used to package and inspect drums of the waste before shipping to WIPP where it will be permanently disposed of in the repository’s underground salt formation. The plutonium waste will be inspected to verify that it meets the criteria required fo...
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