On the night of Feb. 14, a mix of chemicals inside a container of radioactive waste in an underground salt cavern in Southern New Mexico created so much heat the drum’s lid cracked. Radiation leaked ...

A contaminated drum of nuclear waste stranded at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant repository near Carlsbad could remain at the facility undisposed of and unable to go back to its location of origin for ...

A drum of nuclear waste sent from South Carolina to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad was stranded at the repository earlier this fall after contamination was detected and the ...

A Jessup industrial container company has been ordered by the state to take care of at least 62 drums containing an unknown waste stored on site in violation of the Solid Waste Management Act. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- Dozens of drums of radioactive waste at one of the nation's premier weapons laboratories are stable after some showed signs of chemical reactions over the past year, ...