Ongoing work at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant advances nuke waste goal lcsun-news.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lcsun-news.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
$80K donated by NWP, Amentum to Carlsbad organizations
Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP) and its parent company Amentum announced $80,000 in donations to schools and community organizations in Carlsbad and Hobbs.
On May 12, Carlsbad MainStreet, Keep Carlsbad Beautiful and Creative Carlsbad accepted a donation of $20,000 to Carlsbad MainStreet. The funds are designated to help refurbish and beautify the downtown area around the Eddy County Courthouse through the addition of new benches and trashcans.
“Carlsbad MainStreet, Pearl of the Pecos, and Keep Carlsbad Beautiful strive to improve our community and districts in every way possible. This downtown rejuvenation project is the perfect example of that. Through collaboration between all of our organizations and the generous support of the Nuclear Waste Partnership and Amentum, we will have the opportunity to start the first phase of our beautification project,” said Ashley Key, Carlsbad MainStreet’s director.
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Shipments and disposal of nuclear waste resumed at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant after a two-month pause in the repository’s primary operations to allow personnel to complete several maintenance projects underground and on the surface.
WIPP completed 97 projects during the maintenance outage which ran from Feb. 15 to April 15, upgrading infrastructure throughout the facility.
The work involved mine operations, waste handling, hoisting, ground control, safety and engineering, and the break included a site-wide power outage to allow electrical work to be completed safely.
An outage is held each year for major projects that can’t be performed alongside waste emplacement, and routine preventive maintenance is conducted throughout the year.
WIPP completes upgrades, prepares to increase nuclear waste shipments currentargus.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from currentargus.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.