NEW MEXICO’S WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT WILL APPARENTLY REOPEN WITHIN A YEAR. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT’S THE WORD FROM U-S ENERGY SECRETARY ERNEST MONIZ. ENERGY DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HAD SAID IT COULD TAKE YEARS TO REOPEN WIPP AFTER LAST YEAR’S ACCIDENT.
THE NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP NEAR CARLSBAD HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE VALENTINE’S DAY OF 2014 AFTER A RADIOACTIVE WASTE DRUM FROM LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABS LEAKED. DESPITE PREDICTIONS THAT THE SITE WOULD BE CLOSED INDEFINITELY, MONIZ SAYS BRINGING THE FACILITY BACK ONLINE IS A HIGH PRIORITY.
