New Mexico Wants Nuclear Waste Repository

trib.com/.../new-mexico-wants-nuclear-waste-repository/article_930f...

– Two years ago, President Barack Obama torpedoed the high-level radioactive waste disposal program by abandoning the Yucca Mountain 

1. Nuke Us: The Town That Wants America's Worst Atomic Waste ...

   www.forbes.com/.../nuke-us-meet-the-town-that-wants-americas-wor...

   Jan 25, 2012 – Nuke Us: The Town That Wants America's Worst Atomic Waste ... to America's nuclear waste problem: bury it under Carlsbad, New Mexico. ... WIPP is the nation's only permanent, deep geologic repository for nuclear waste.
   
   

   SRS nuclear waste could go to New Mexico facility | The Augusta ...

   chronicle.augusta.com/news/.../srs-nuke-waste-if-not-yucca-mountain...

   May 10, 2012 – SRS nuclear waste could go to New Mexico facility ... federal courts haggle over the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada, a local board wants .
   

   1. Deep geological repository - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_geological_repository

      A deep geological repository is a nuclear waste repository excavated deep within a .... radioactive waste in a deep layer of salt near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

   2. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_Isolation_Pilot_Plant

      WIPP, a geological repository for radioactive waste ... It is located approximately 26 miles (42 km) east of Carlsbad, New Mexico, in eastern Eddy County. .... This clause caused Senator Bryan to oppose the bill, as he wanted safety standards ...