EPA Closes Public Comment Period on DOE Request to Add Replacement Waste Panels at WIPP
May 02, 2025
May 02, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the formal closure of the public comment period for a proposed change to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in southeastern New Mexico, which would authorize the addition of two new underground waste panels.
The change request, submitted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), seeks approval to construct Panels 11 and 12 to compensate for lost disposal capacity caused by a 2014 radiological inci . . .
The change request, submitted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), seeks approval to construct Panels 11 and 12 to compensate for lost disposal capacity caused by a 2014 radiological inci . . .