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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 Washington TRU Solutions. |
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. |
DOE awards two small-business
contracts for trucking services
to WIPP
The Department of Energy awarded two small-business
contracts to CAST Specialty Transportation, Inc. and
Visionary Solutions, LLC to provide trucking services
to transport transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant.
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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 |
WIPP Receives First Remote-Handled Waste Shipment From Sandia Labs Read the full news release.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Information Click here for information on how DOE’s Office of Environmental Management is implementing
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