Crews demolish and replace structural steel needed to remove mined salt from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant underground repository. Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Adrian HeddenCarlsbad ...

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 ...

The Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System (SSCVS) will increase air for workers to breathe underground the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy Adrian ...

Nuclear waste shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant repository near Carlsbad were suspended for about two months as workers completed numerous maintenance projects at the underground facility.

CARLSBAD, N.M. -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico has announced plans to replace diesel vehicles and equipment with electrical and battery-operated components ...