An elevator used to move mined salt out of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant drew concerns from federal oversight officials as gradually collapsing salt put excess stress on the hoist. The salt “creep” ...

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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 environmental ...

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 ...

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 ...

A series of incidents were reported in recent months at an elevator and utility shaft being built at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste repository near Carlsbad, drawing concerns from a ...

A $15 million project to rebuild part of an elevator at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant used to move mined salt out of the underground was planned for July and expected to be completed by October, ...

Bechtel-led Salado Isolation Mining has won a three-year WIPP extension after exceeding shipment goals and completing key ...

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 the ...

Federal officials gathered Tuesday in southern New Mexico to mark the 25th anniversary of the nation's only underground repository for radioactive waste resulting from decades of nuclear research and ...