Nuclear Waste Burial at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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Carlsbad, New Mexico - An airlock opens into a tunnel at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, where radioactive nuclear waste from America's nuclear weapons program is stored in an ancient salt formation a half mile under the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico USA
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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