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Goal met: More transuranic waste from Oak Ridge shipped to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in NM

The Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) has met its goal to complete eight shipments of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico for permanent disposal ...
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Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

As the result of a congressional mandate, the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Nuclear Security Administration has asked the National Academies to evaluate the general feasibility of DOE’s ...
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A staff office for the US nuclear waste repository will no longer face DOGE cuts

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials have backtracked on plans to cancel a lease for office space in New Mexico where dozens of U.S. Department of Energy employees who oversee the nation’s only ...

Feds get more time to decide whether to ship liquid radioactive waste from WA

The waste could instead be solidified at Hanford or in Richland, keeping jobs in Tri-Cities area.
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Deep Isolation Announces Completion of DOE-Funded Project Advancing Universal Canister System for Nuclear Waste Management

BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc. (“Deep Isolation” or the “Company”), a leading innovator in nuclear waste disposal technology, today announced the ...
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A staff office for the U.S. nuclear waste repository will no longer face DOGE cuts

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Federal officials have backtracked on plans to cancel a lease for office space in New Mexico where dozens of U.S. Department of Energy employees who oversee the nation’s only ...