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Nature 393, 199 (21 May 1998) | doi:10.1038/30303

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First underground nuclear waste store set to open in US

Colin Macilwain

The US Department of Energy is on the brink of delivering its first consignment of radioactive waste to permanent storage. This follows certification by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico, is ready to receive it.