THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT NEAR CARLSBAD SHOULD BE BACK OPEN BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONFIRMED THE REOPENING OF WIPP THIS WEEK. AND IT’LL REOPEN WITH THE GREEN LIGHT TO TAKE DILUTED PLUTONIUM IN THE NEXT DECADE AS THE FEDS PLAN TO SHUT DOWN AN UNFINISHED PLUTONIUM RECYCLING PROJECT CALL THE MOX FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
NEW MEXICO SENATOR TOM UDALL TELLS THE JOURNAL HE DOESN’T KNOW IF MOVING PLUTONIUM FOR MOX TO WIPP IS FEASIBLE.
