THE PROCESS TO GET NEW MEXICO’S WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT NEAR CARLSBAD BACK OPEN AND UP TO SPEED CONTINUES. THE NATION’S ONLY UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY CLOSED DOWN AFTER A RADIATION LEAK ON VALENTINE’S DAY 2014. IT STARTED ITS GRADUAL RETURN TO BECOMING FULLY OPERATIONAL LAST MONTH.
THE CARLSBAD CURRENT ARGUS REPORTS THE U-S ENERGY DEPARTMENT HAS RESOLVED FIVE OF THE 15 REMAINING CORRECTIONS NEEDED BEFORE WIPP CAN REOPEN.
