Where do the shipments come from?
Eventually the waste will be shipped from 23 federal facilities located around the country to the Waste Isolation Plant (WIPP) facility near Carlsbad, New Mexico. Since the first shipment in March, 1999, shipments have been made from Argonne National Laboratory – East in Illinois, Hanford Site in Washington, Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site in Colorado and Savannah River Site in Georgia.
