Savannah River Site sends first large shipment of nuclear waste to WIPP since 2014 incident
Carlsbad Current Argus | 1/15/2020
A nuclear waste repository in Carlsbad recently accepted its first large cask of low-level waste in six years, following an accidental radiological release and unrelated truck fire in 2014 that led to the facility’s
three-year cease in operations.
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant received the package of transuranic (TRU) waste, containing contaminated glove boxes, used motors and large-scale analytical equipment, from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
To transport the waste, U.S. Department of Energy workers used the Transuranic Package Transporter Model 3 (TRUPACT-III), which allow generator sites such as Savannah River to package and ship large shipments of TRU waste in a single box, instead of breaking it down into smaller packages, read a DOE news release.
The Savannah River Site ships the third-most loads of nuclear waste to WIPP with 1,671 as of Wednesday, behind Rocky Flats Environmental Technology site at 2,045 and Idaho National Laboratory at 6,406 shipments, records show.
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