CARLSBAD, N.M. - Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and EM Assistant Secretary Monica Regalbuto joined members of the New Mexico delegation, including Gov. Susana Martinez, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, U.S. Reps. Steve Pearce and Michelle Lujan Grisham, and Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway for a celebration this month marking the reopening and resumption of waste operations at EM’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M. Waste emplacement activities were halted in February 2014 following a waste drum rupture in an underground storage panel and a separate underground fire. “The tireless efforts by the workforce, the contractor and federal management and the community to make WIPP a safer place to fulfill its critical mission is a remarkable feat," Moniz said. Here, Moniz, Martinez and members of the N.M. congressional delegation cut a ceremonial ribbon in WIPP's Waste Handling Building on Jan. 9.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management
