Dec 10, 2025 · WIPP was constructed for disposal of defense-generated TRU waste from DOE sites around the country. TRU waste consists of clothing, tools, rags, residues, debris, soil and …

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, in New Mexico, US, is a deep geological repository licensed to store transuranic radioactive waste for 10,000 years. The storage rooms at the …

Aug 21, 2025 · View news, recent information and links to WIPP compliance and rulemaking activities from 2014 to present. Updates and information related to EPA's role at the Waste …

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (Carlsbad, NM) - WIPP is the world's first underground repository licensed to safely and permanently dispose of transuranic radioactive waste left from the …

Sep 30, 2025 · The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is the nation’s only repository for the disposal of transuranic waste generated by atomic energy defense activities. WIPP is located 33 miles …

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is the nation's only deep geologic long-lived radioactive waste repository. Located 26 miles southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico, WIPP permanently …

Jun 17, 2025 · Learn about EPA's regulatory oversight of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), the nation's first facility for deep geological disposal of transuranic radioactive waste (TRU).

Jan 8, 2026 · WIPP commissions new SSCVS March: On March 4, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced that it had completed the commissioning of a …

Apr 21, 2025 · View the current status of specific sites related to WIPP waste characterization, waste site audits, inspection and approval documents.

WIPP is the nation’s only repository for the disposal of nuclear waste known as transuranic, or TRU, waste. It consists of clothing, tools, rags, residues, debris, soil and other items …