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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.
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Sandia National Laboratories Cleanup a Big Deal for New Mexico
New Mexico reached an important cleanup milestone with the final shipments of legacy TRU waste from Sandia National Laboratories(SNL) in Albuquerque to 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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Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Officials Visit Carlsbad for WIPP Training
Two Shoshone-Bannock Tribes officials visited the Carlsbad Field Office and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for emergency response training.
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WIPP Trucks Deliver First Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste Shipment from the Savannah River Site
On June 7, 2012, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant received the first shipment of defense-related remote-handled transuranic waste from the Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina.
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DOE Reaches Recovery Act Goal with Cleanup of All Legacy Transuranic Waste at Sandia National Laboratories
The U.S. Department of Energy completed cleanup of the Cold War legacy transuranic waste at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico when four shipments of remote-handled transuranic waste from Sandia arrived at WIPP for permanent disposal.
Read the full news release.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Information
Click here for information on how DOE’s Office of Environmental Management is implementing
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,
including those activities associated with the
Carlsbad Field Office
and WIPP.
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