2012 News Releases

October 29

WIPP Environmental Initiatives Earn DOE Recognition

Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office Site Operations Director Casey Gadbury (right) presents Farok Sharif, President and Project Manager for Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, the management and operating contractor at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, with a 2012 DOE Sustainability Award during a recognition event at WIPP. More than 20 CBFO and contractor employees were recognized with sustainability awards in four categories.

October 24

WIPP Security Contractor Receives DOE Voluntary Protection Program Award

Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Site Operations Director Casey Gadbury (right) and Farok Sharif, President and Project Manager for Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, the management and operating contractor at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, present the DOE's Voluntary Protection Program Legacy Star Award to Richard De Los Santos, protective force manager for Security Walls, the security contractor at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The DOE-VPP legacy star award is the highest level of recognition possible in the VPP.

October 17

WIPP Employees Among Honorees for Nuclear Footprint Reduction

October 3

DOE Exceeds 2012 TRU Waste Cleanup Goal at Los Alamos National Laboratory

September 19

DOE Awards Grant to New Mexico Environment Department for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Oversight, Monitoring

August 27

DOE Awards Contract for WIPP Mobile Loading Unit Services

August 16

WIPP Receives Green Zia Award for Environmental Excellence

Department of Energy Carlsbad Field Office Deputy Manager Ed Ziemianski presents a WIPP team with the Green Zia Program Silver Level Award from the New Mexico Environment Department on Aug. 15, 2012 in recognition of environmental initiatives. Shown right of Ziemianski is Farok Sharif, president and general manager of URS Washington TRU Solutions LLC, the WIPP management and operating contractor.

July 27

DOE Announces Issuance of Draft Supplemental Environmental Study on Plutonium Disposition

June 12

Photo of Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Officials Visiting Carlsbad for WIPP Training

Two Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (SBT) officials are visiting the Department of Energy (DOE) Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) and Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, June 12-13, 2012, for emergency response training provided by WIPP. They were greeted on arrival at the CBFO, which has a cooperative agreement with the SBT, in-town offices and paused for a photo. From left to right are: CBFO National Transuranic (TRU) Program (NTP) Institutional Affairs Manager Bill Mackie; Washington TRU Solutions LLC, the WIPP management and operating contractor, President and General Manager Farok Sharif; SBT Public Affairs Manager Randy’L Teton; SBT Executive Director Angelo Gonzales; and CBFO NTP Director J.R. Stroble. The SBT are located on the Fort Hall Reservation in Southeastern Idaho.

June 11

WIPP Trucks Deliver First Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste from the Savannah River Site

On June 7, 2012, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) trucks approach the WIPP facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, with the first shipment of defense-related remote-handled transuranic (TRU) waste from Savannah River Site (SRS), near Aiken, South Carolina.  TRU waste consists of materials contaminated with radioactive elements that have atomic numbers greater than uranium, including tools, rags, protective clothing, sludge and soil. That shipment and two contact-handled TRU waste shipments were released by SRS at the same time The three shipments consisted of (left to right) a TRUPACT-III, a RH-72B and one with TRUPACT-IIs,  -- marking another first for WIPP. Since opening in 1999, WIPP has established an impressive record. In addition to more than 10,500 safe shipments, WIPP drivers have logged more than 12.6 million safe loaded miles—equivalent to 26 roundtrips to the moon without a serious accident or injury–to clean up 22 TRU waste sites around the nation.

May 3

DOE Reaches Recovery Act Goal With Cleanup of All Legacy Transuranic Waste at Sandia National Laboratories

April 26

WIPP Mine Rescue Team Wins Regional Contest

April 20

DOE Awards Management and Operating Contract for DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

March 9

WIPP Operator Earns Corporate Safety Recognition

January 9

DOE Selects Two Small Businesses to Truck Transuranic Waste to New Mexico Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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