Recovery Act Funding Leads to Record Year for Transuranic Waste Shipments
A shipment of contact-handled transuranic waste makes its way to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
2010 ---
With the help of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) received the highest number of transuranic waste shipments in a single year since waste operations began there in 1999.
The 1,194 shipments WIPP received for safe, permanent disposal in 2010 beats a previous record of 1,144 shipments in 2006.
The Recovery Act accelerated the cleanup of transuranic waste generated by past U.S. defense activities at several sites across the DOE complex.
Recovery Act Funding Leads to Record Year for Transuranic Waste Shipments
A shipment of contact-handled transuranic waste makes its way to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
2010 ---
With the help of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) received the highest number of transuranic waste shipments in a single year since waste operations began there in 1999.
The 1,194 shipments WIPP received for safe, permanent disposal in 2010 beats a previous record of 1,144 shipments in 2006.
The Recovery Act accelerated the cleanup of transuranic waste generated by past U.S. defense activities at several sites across the DOE complex.