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” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A series of incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste repository, including contamination found on a waste drum, ...

Adrian HeddenCarlsbad Current-Argusachedden@currentargus.com Federal officials continued to deny any threat to worker safety ...

Workers sink a utility shaft at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. 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 ...

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 ...

Adrian HeddenCarlsbad Current-Argus Officials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant touted the facility’s recent efforts they said increased safety among workers at the underground nuclear waste ...

Adrian HeddenCarlsbad Current-Argusachedden@currentargus.com A crucial part of the elevator system that moves mined salt out of the underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is being repaired ...

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 ...

A shipment of nuclear waste arrived in southeast New Mexico on March 26, 1999. It was the first time the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, U.S.’ only repository for nuclear waste, was operational after ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

A series of incidents at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste repository, including contamination found on a waste drum, led to a temporary pause of operations in the last month. The ...