New Mexico Governor's WIPP Task Force Holds Meeting
For the first time in 3 years, the New Mexico Governor's WIPP Task Force met October 6th. WIPP = Waste Isolation Pilot Plant DOE = Department of Energy NAS = National Academies of Science GAO = Gover...
7 Okt 20214min
WIPP Expansion Continues; Public Comments on Proposed Panels 11 and 12 Due Monday, October 4th
When will the New Mexico Environment Department acknowledge the DOE's proposals for WIPP as expansion?
29 Sep 20214min
Now Before Congress: Bills to Extend and Expand RECA to Trinity Downwinders and Post '71 Uranium Workers
A deadline of July 10th, 2022 is looming for continuing the federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and associated programs.
23 Sep 20214min
Texas Bans High Level Nuclear Waste Storage; NRC Approves Radioactive Waste Dump There
In a rare bi-partisan effort, the Texas legislature passed a nearly unanimous bill prohibiting the future storage or disposal of high-level radioactive waste, however, the NRC licensed construction an...
16 Sep 20214min
DOE's Latest Plan for Expanding WIPP-Three New Drifts and Two New Waste Disposal Panels
DOE's plan to expand WIPP without public comment underway. https://stopforeverwipp.org/home http://nuclearactive.org
9 Sep 20214min
Public Hearing for Groundwater Discharge Permit at WIPP Begins Tuesday September 7th
Beginning at noon on Tuesday September 7th, the New Mexico Environment Department will hold a virtual public hearing for a groundwater discharge permit for WIPP.
2 Sep 20214min
Another Example of NMED's Staff Support of WIPP Expansion
NMED is holding a virtual public hearing for a groundwater discharge permit that would allow the construction and use of a Salt Cell 5 and Salt Storage Pond 5, It is scheduled for Tuesday September 7t...
26 Aug 20214min
DOE Continues Its Push for WIPP Expansion
Publicly denying plans to double the size of WIPP, the DOE continues to ask for a new "west wing"
19 Aug 20214min
