Federal watchdog urges more oversight of WIPP maintenance

Federal watchdog urges more oversight of WIPP maintenance

Crews demolish and replace structural steel needed to remove mined salt from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant underground repository in November 2024. (Courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy)Degraded infrastructure and lax federal oversight of maintenance contractors threatens future operation of the only underground nuclear storage site in Southern New Mexico, according to a recent report issued by a federal watchdog. Maintenance concerns at the …

DNFSB seeks DOE briefing on WIPP emergency escapeway - ExchangeMonitor

(Page 1) The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) has asked the Department of Energy for a briefing on plans to refurbish an old shaft and hoist relied