Committee hears update on transuranic shipments, WIPP training delay and staffing shortfalls
State committee heard that NNSAproposed Intersite shipments of oversized glove boxes were paused by Western states, that WIPTREX has been postponed to March 2026 because of staff losses, and that DOE-provided shipment estimates show 571 shipments in the fiscal year.
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Carrie D'Aguero, the new bureau chief for the Hazardous Waste Planning Bureau at the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, told the Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee that Western states have paused an NNSA initiative to use Type A packaging for oversized, transuranic-contaminated glove boxes and to send those items to Idaho for size reduction before final transport to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
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