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January 09 Issue - Employee Monthly Magazine ![Laboratory personnel place the inner lid on one of three TRUPACT containers of high-activity waste - the Laboratory's final 2008 shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. "This is a significant achievement for the Laboratory," said Mark Shepard of Los Alamos's Waste Disposition Project. "It closes a chapter on the February 2007 commitment to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board to prioritize characterization and disposal of the highest-risk transuranic [TRU] wastes stored at Technical Area 54, Area G," he said. A total of 282 high-activity drums were shipped to WIPP as part of this campaign.](images/wipp.jpg)
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Laboratory ships last of high-activity drums to WIPPLaboratory personnel place the inner lid on one of three TRUPACT containers of high-activity waste -- the Laboratory's final 2008 shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad. "This is a significant achievement for the Laboratory," said Mark Shepard of Los Alamos's Waste Disposition Project. "It closes a chapter on the February 2007 commitment to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board to prioritize characterization and disposal of the highest-risk transuranic [TRU] wastes stored at Technical Area 54, Area G," he said. A total of 282 high-activity drums were shipped to WIPP as part of this campaign. Other Headlines
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