The Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) will increase air for workers to breathe underground the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Adrian ...

To dictate the next 10 years of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s operations, the New Mexico Environment Department was underway with a 10-year renewal of the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...

Weapons-grade plutonium could be disposed of using the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant through a controversial project that moved forward Friday as federal officials issued the results of an ...

Carved out of an ancient salt formation about half a mile (800 meters) deep, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant outside Carlsbad has taken in around 13,850 shipments from more than a dozen national ...

A $100 million air intake shaft at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant reached its final depth of 2,275 feet. Nuclear waste managers said they needed the shaft to add air for underground workers to ...

Disposal of Surplus Plutonium at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Interim Report evaluates the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE-NNSA ...

Crews demolish and replace structural steel needed to remove mined salt from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant underground repository. Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Adrian HeddenCarlsbad ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. — The U.S. government is reportedly no longer terminating the lease of the office overseeing the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad. Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez said ...