Nuclear Waste Burial at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

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Carlsbad, New Mexico - Workers prepare transuranic nuclear waste from America's nuclear weapons program for long-term storage at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. The materials are stored in rooms carved out of an ancient salt formation a half mile below the Chihuahuan Desert.

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Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA
Photo credit: © Jim West / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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