DOE cuts WIPP watchdog group's funding

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Wed Apr-14-04 08:48 AM
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DOE cuts WIPP watchdog group's funding

http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=10038&cat=NMTOPSTORIES

(Carlsbad-AP) – Layoff notices have been given to the staff of aNew Mexico nuclear watchdog group that oversees the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

The U.S. Department of Energy has cut funding for the Environmental Evaluation Group, which will shut down in two weeks if no new money is found.

Congressman Tom Udall says it appears the DOE is trying to kill the group.

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WIPP, which is near Carlsbad, is an underground waste dump for defense-related nuclear waste.

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