Independent Reviews, Environmental Assessments Needed to Build Trust and Inform DOE NNSA's Plans if it Proceeds with the Dilution and Disposal Process of Surplus Plutonium

If the dilute and dispose approach for disposing of the surplus plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is fully implemented, the U.S. Department of Energy should use two independent review teams to develop public trust in and improve its decisions, says a new interim report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The first team is a re-initiation of an independent review organization representing the concerns of the state of New Mexico, where WIPP is located, and the second is a separate independent team that would review the classified aspects of DOE's conceptual plan as they are developed for Congress. Read More
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