Idaho Site Marks 50th WIPP Shipment Since Waste Repository's 2017 Reopening

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Idaho Site Marks 50th WIPP Shipment Since Waste Repository's 2017 Reopening

The following press release was published by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management on Oct. 24, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho - EM and Idaho Cleanup Project contractor Fluor Idaho recently completed the 50th shipment of Cold War weapons waste from the Idaho Site to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) since the New Mexico repository reopened earlier this year. “The Idaho Site is very pleased that we’re able to continue to ship waste to WIPP for disposal," said Jack Zimmerman, deputy manager for DOE’s Idaho Operations Office.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management

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