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WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety
As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such facilities are sure to have many questions. Currently, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is the only example of such a repository in operation, and it offers the opportunity for state and local officials to visit and judge for themselves the risks and benefits of hosting a similar facility. But its history can also provide lessons for these officials, particularly the political process leading up to the opening of WIPP, the safety of WIPP operations and transportation of waste from generator facilities to the site, and the economic impacts the project has had on the local area of Carlsbad, as well as the rest of the state of New Mexico.
Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM |6:00AM–5:30PM MDT
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM |6:30AM–4:20PM MDT
Trinity Site, Manhattan Project Historical Park, Alamogordo, NM |7:00AM–4:00PM MDT
UNM Campus (meet at Student Union Building) |9:00–11:00AM MDT
Kairos Power, Albuquerque, NM |9:00AM–1:00PM MDT
Sobremesa Restaurant and Brewery, Albuquerque, NM |11:45AM–4:00PM MDT
UNM Campus (meet at Student Union Building) |1:00–3:00PM MDT
Ballroom ABC, Student Union Building, UNM |6:00–8:00PM MDT
8:00–9:00PM MDT
LARES Laboratory |8:00–9:00PM MDT
CHARISMA Laboratory |8:00–9:00PM MDT
Farris Engineering Center & Centennial Engineering Center, UNM |8:00–10:00PM MDT
Ballroom AB, Student Union Building, UNM |9:00AM–4:00PM MDT
Lobo A & B, Student Union Building, UNM |12:00–1:10PM MDT
ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, Albuquerque, NM |6:00–9:00PM MDT
Chaco & Bandelier, Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel |12:00–1:30PM MDT
Tijeras, Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel |12:00–1:30PM MDT
National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, Albuquerque, NM |6:00–9:30PM MDT
