16-03-2022, 10:45 AM
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
yesterday
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challenges at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southern New Mexico.
A multimillion-dollar project is underway at the underground facility to install a new ventilation system so that full operations can resume, following a radiation leak in 2014 forced the repository’s closure for nearly three years.
Operations after it reopened had to be throttled back because parts of the facility were contaminated and airflow was reduced.
Federal officials have said that the construction project will ensure that the repository can meet the Energy Department’s needs for disposing of tons of Cold War-era waste left behind by decades of bomb making and nuclear research.
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the ventilation project as of last fall was projected to cost about US$486 million, nearly 70% more than originally planned. The project also is about three years behind schedule, with a new estimated completion date of January 2026.
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the repository is running out of permitted space for waste and that the Energy Department has a large amount of “transuranic waste” — which typically consists of lab coats, rubber gloves, tools and debris contaminated with plutonium and other radioactive elements — at sites around the country that still requires disposal.
Full report at: https://apnews.com/article/business-envi...c7bb6ae9a4
yesterday
......
challenges at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southern New Mexico.
A multimillion-dollar project is underway at the underground facility to install a new ventilation system so that full operations can resume, following a radiation leak in 2014 forced the repository’s closure for nearly three years.
Operations after it reopened had to be throttled back because parts of the facility were contaminated and airflow was reduced.
Federal officials have said that the construction project will ensure that the repository can meet the Energy Department’s needs for disposing of tons of Cold War-era waste left behind by decades of bomb making and nuclear research.
......
the ventilation project as of last fall was projected to cost about US$486 million, nearly 70% more than originally planned. The project also is about three years behind schedule, with a new estimated completion date of January 2026.
......
the repository is running out of permitted space for waste and that the Energy Department has a large amount of “transuranic waste” — which typically consists of lab coats, rubber gloves, tools and debris contaminated with plutonium and other radioactive elements — at sites around the country that still requires disposal.
Full report at: https://apnews.com/article/business-envi...c7bb6ae9a4