U.S. Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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Carlsbad Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office has responsibility for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and the NationalTransuranic (TRU) Program. The office's mission is to provide safe, compliant, and efficient characterization, transportation, and disposal of defense-related TRU waste. Its vision is to enable a nuclear future for our country by providing safe and environmentally responsible waste management.

Overview

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, safely disposes of the nation's defense-related transuranic radioactive waste.

Located in the Chihuahuan Desert, outside Carlsbad, N.M., WIPP began disposal operations in March 1999.

WIPP is a U.S. Department of Energy facility and is managed by Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC.

Flash Video
Overview

The U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office and its contractors team up to carry out the WIPP mission.

For links to some of the major project participants, click here.

WIPP submits Class 3
permit modification request

On March 18, 2013, the U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office and Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, referred to as the Permitees, submitted a Class 3 permit modification request package to the New Mexico Environment Department. This package consists of three major modification requests to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Hazardous Waste Facility Permit.

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Image of the building that hosts the WIPP Experience Exhibit.

Visitors to Carlsbad, N.M. are encouraged to visit the WIPP Experience Exhibit. While public tours of WIPP are not available, the exhibit at our in-town office building features a brief documentary on the project and numerous displays. Friendly staff are available to answer questions about this one-of-a-kind facility.

Free 250-million-year-old rock salt samples are available for all visitors! Groups larger than four people are asked to call in advance for special showings in the auditorium.

The WIPP Experience Exhibit
U.S. Department of Energy
4021 National Parks Highway
Carlsbad, New Mexico
1-800-336-WIPP
Monday to Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

WIPP Security Force Recognized for Outstanding Safety
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Security Walls, LLC, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant's Security Protective Force, with a Star of Excellence Award in the Voluntary Protection Program for the fifth consecutive year.