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US Department of Energy chooses Bechtel company for nation’s only operating nuclear waste repository
A shipment of radioactive waste arrives at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The waste will be entombed in rooms mined from an ancient salt formation more than 2,000 feet underground. (Credit: U.S. Department of Energy photo)