US struggles to clean up after 2014 New Mexico nuclear accident
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.0210047
Los Angeles Times : More than two years ago, a drum of nuclear waste exploded at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The explosion caused the facility massive long-term damage, which has stalled the shipment of thousands of tons of radioactive waste from US nuclear plants. The accident also led to the discovery of some two dozen safety lapses that had cropped up over 15 years of operation. The Department of Energy, which manages the site, has been slow to clean up but hopes to reopen the site for limited use by the end of the year. To meet its contractual obligations to dispose of waste from US nuclear weapons research and production, DOE has said the facility may have to stay open longer than planned or increase the amount of waste it accepts each year.
