New Mexico publishes final draft for radioactive waste storage permit

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The final draft of the permit allowing more radioactive waste to be stored in New Mexico has been published. The state's environment department will hold public meetings to explain the permit that will let nuclear programs around the U.S. dispose of waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).The underground storage facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico, is already home to tens of thousands of containers of waste. Now, the state is set to issue a permit t