Disposal of Certain Rocky Flats Plutonium-Bearing Materials at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to revise its approach for managing approximately 0.97 metric tones (MT) of plutonium-bearing materials (containing about 0.18 MT of surplus plutonium) located at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS). DOE is proposing to repackage and transport these materials for direct disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico.
