An RH-72B shipping container is a lead-lined cask that is certified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The RH-72B is used for shipping remote-handled transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. |
Overview
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, safely disposes of the nation's defense-related transuranic radioactive waste.
Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, outside Carlsbad, N.M., WIPP began disposal operations in March 1999.
WIPP is a U.S. Department of Energy facility and is managed by Washington TRU Solutions.
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The U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office and its contractors team up to carry out the WIPP mission.
For links to some of the major project participants, click here. |
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WIPP receives RH shipments
from Argonne National Laboratory
The first two shipments of RH-TRU waste from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) departed on August 14 and arrived at the WIPP site early August 16. ANL is only the second site to ship RH-TRU waste to the WIPP.
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Visitors to Carlsbad, N.M. are encouraged to visit the WIPP Experience Exhibit. While public tours of WIPP are not available, the exhibit at our in-town office building features a brief documentary on the project and numerous displays. Friendly staff are available to answer questions about this one-of-a-kind facility.
Free 250-million-year-old rock salt samples are available for all visitors. Groups larger than four people are asked to call in advance for special showings in the auditorium.
The WIPP Experience Exhibit
U.S. Department of Energy
4021 National Parks Highway
Carlsbad, New Mexico
1-800-336-WIPP
Monday to Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
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State Renews Groundwater Discharge Permit for WIPP
Click here to read the
news release.
Preliminary draft permit renewal application available online
A preliminary draft of the WIPP Hazardous Waste Facility Permit Renewal Application is now available online.
Click here to read the draft online (Note large file size: 2.06 MB).
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