State lawmakers will consider draft legislation this week that would allow manufacturers of “advanced nuclear reactors” to store high-level radioactive waste at their Wyoming facilities.

Before a high-level nuclear waste site can be built in the region the project’s proponent has a long regulatory process to navigate.

Operators at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) are aiming to restart waste emplacement by the end of December, the manager of the DOE's Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO ...

Aging infrastructure could pose risks at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant nuclear waste site.

In 2017, the year WIPP reopened in April of that year, there were just 133 shipments of nuclear waste sent to the site.

More space is coming to dispose of nuclear waste at a Carlsbad-area facility where the materials from around the country are buried thousands of feet underground. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ...

Los Alamos National Laboratory sent 59 shipments of nuclear waste to WIPP in FY 2023, records show, compared with the DOE’s goal of 40 shipments.

A day after a permit for nuclear disposal in southeast New Mexico was issued, workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant were ready to begin mining new space for the waste. The New Mexico ...

The State of New Mexico plans to renew a permit with the Department of Energy for nuclear waste disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

The new permit, renewed every decade, required the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant to prioritize nuclear waste from within New Mexico.