Nuclear Waste Burial at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
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Jim West / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3744 x 5616 px | 31.7 x 47.5 cm | 12.5 x 18.7 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
11 October 2010Location:
Carlsbad, New Mexico USAMore information:
Carlsbad, New Mexico - Containers filled with transuranic nuclear waste from America's nuclear weapons program await burial 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.