There’s no way of knowing if cost increases and missed construction deadlines will continue at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository
FILE - This March 6, 2014 file photo shows the idled Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, near Carlsbad, N.M. There's no way of knowing if cost increases and missed construction deadlines will continue at the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository. That's according to a report made public Tuesday, March 15, 2022, by Government Accountability Office.
Operations after it reopened had to be throttled back because parts of the facility were contaminated and airflow was reduced.Federal officials have said that the construction project will ensure that the repository can meet the Energy Department's needs for disposing of tons of Cold War-era waste left behind by decades of bomb making and nuclear research.
According to Energy Department documents, the ventilation project as of last fall was projected to cost about $486 million, nearly 70% more than originally planned. The project also is about three years behind schedule, with a new estimated completion date of January 2026. Without the updates, Energy Department officials may not be able to meet their waste disposal schedule,"which could in turn create shipping delays and cost increases for the sites that are generating the waste,” the accountability office's report said.
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