NO TO HIGH-LEVEL WASTE AT WIPP

NO TO HIGH-LEVEL WASTE AT WIPP

On April 8, 2013, DOE and its co-permittee, Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC, submitted a class 2 Permit Modification Request — Modify Excluded Waste Prohibition — to eliminate the requirement in the WIPP permit for a public hearing before any waste that has ever been managed as high-level could be allowed.  This change would significantly reduce health and safety protections at WIPP and the public involvement requirements. Comment period ended June 10, 2013.

• SRIC Comments to NMED RE: WIPP Class 2 Permit Modification Request – Modify Excluded Waste Prohibition (6/10/2013)
• UPDATE: NMED decides to require class 3 procedures, including public hearing. (7/2/2013)

On August 2, 2023, DOE withdrew the Permit Modification Request for the Waste Prohibition.

https://wipp.energy.gov/Library/Information_Repository_A/Class_2_Permit_Modifications/23-0490_Letter_Redacted.pdf

SRIC comments to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee RE: Discussion Draft of Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013 (5/24/2013)

Letter Opposing Proposal to Ship Hanford High-Level Radioactive Waste to New Mexico Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Hanford Challenge, and Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) (3/26/13)

SRIC OpEd: No need for change in law to expand WIPP Regarding Journal Editorial of 5/17/2013 and Rep. Steve Pearce’s bill, HR 1879 (5/23/2013)

La Jicarita article: WIPP: Expanding Threat to Public Health? (3/12/2013)

FACT SHEET: Why WIPP is Not the Place for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Waste (2/8/2013)