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Nuclear Weapons Waste Headed for Andrews
Nuclear Weapons Waste Headed for Andrews
Nuclear Weapons Waste Headed for Andrews
Radioactive waste that’s unable to be stored underground in New Mexico could be coming to West Texas. That’s the latest word from Department of Energy that oversees operations at the SE New Mexico Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), which has been closed since last month due to a fire and leak of radiation...
Leak investigated at NM nuke waste plant
Leak investigated at NM nuke waste plant
Leak investigated at NM nuke waste plant
The nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, located approximately 193 miles from Lubbock, continues its investigation into why a radiation sensor alarm was activated Friday night. Yesterday, an independent monitoring center said  it found radioactive isotopes in an air sensor about a half mile from the southeastern New Mexico plant 26 miles east of Carlsbad ...