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Credit Department of Energy CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has announced plans to replace diesel vehicles and equipment with electrical and battery-operated components as part of a larger effort to improve airflow in the underground nuclear waste repository. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is the only repository for nuclear waste disposal in the U.S. Carlsbad Nuclear Task Force Chair John Heaton said the group is working on multiple projects to enhance workforce safety, including converting all vehicles to electric. Heaton ...

Governor Vaccine Progress Means New Mexico Can Open Soon - By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday said she expects New Mexico to reopen completely by the end of June if the state reaches its goal of having at least 60% of residents fully vaccinated by then. She made the announcement during a virtual briefing, proclaiming that the state was “conquering COVID.” Lujan Grisham and state health officials said the state's pace of vaccinations has been as an overwhelming driver for the progress seen in recent months, with more than 60 people vaccinated...

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, officials said, to increase safety for workers by improving airflow to the underground. A four-hour tes...

The Railway Magazine Here what’s coming up in the April issue: The Railway Photos of Tom Williams Fraser Pithie meets up and reflects with his old school friend, Phil Williams, who has been painstakingly restoring the colour railway photographs of his late father, Tom. Eastern Expectations & Exceptions For this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton analyses the impact LNER’s Hitachi ‘Azuma’ trains have had on East Coast schedules. An Uphill Struggle Graeme Pickering looks at how the unique and historic Bowes Railway is hoping for a resurgence as a visitor attraction post-Covid...

The March issue of The Railway Magazine takes you behind the scenes with the Royal Train, plus HS2’s Crewe extension is given Royal Assent as protesters defy bailiffs. 8 0 years of the Pocket Peckett As Peckett 0-4-0ST Teddy reaches its 80th anniversary, Gary Boyd-Hope looks back over its interesting career, including its connections to a famous ‘steamcleric’. Operating the Royal Train: Part 2 Geoff Griffiths concludes his fascinating look back over his time as RoyalTrain manager, recounting some of the more humorous episodes he witnessed. Merchant Venturer For this month’s Practice ...