THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT’S STORAGE CAPACITY IS ABOUT TO GET BIGGER. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS MINING OPERATIONS AT THE NEW MEXICO NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP WILL BEGIN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE A RADIATION LEAK CONTAMINATED PART OF THE FACILITY THREE YEARS AGO.
THE ADDITIONAL DISPOSAL SPACE WILL BE CARVED OUT OF AN ANCIENT SALT FORMATION WHERE WIPP IS LOCATED OUTSIDE CARLSBAD. THE WORK IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY 2020.
