Description
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, is a deep geological repository for low-level radioactive waste. It is located near Carlsbad, NM in the southeastern part of the state. The storage rooms are 2,150 feet underground within a 3,000-foot-thick salt formation. Learn about the nature of the low-level radioactive waste, testing and certification of the site’s, transportation, a fire in 2014, and the future.
Richard (Dick) Malenfant joined the critical experiments facility at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1961, following a tour of active duty in the US Air Force as a nuclear research officer. He retired from full-time employment in 1996 and continues his association with the laboratory as a guest scientist. His special interests include the history of the Manhattan Project and the work done at Los Alamos.
