CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recertified the federal government's underground nuclear waste repository in southeastern New Mexico.
The U.S. Department of Energy says the EPA recertified the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant east of Carlsbad on Nov. 18.
Officials say that verifies the plant remains in compliance with federal regulations.
The recertification was based on independent technical analyses, public comments and a review of information submitted by the Energy Department.
The repository, known as WIPP, opened in 1999. It buries defense-related radioactive waste in rooms mined from an ancient salt formation 2,150 feet below the desert floor.
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