Department: Press Outline and Environment

department: Two letters obtained Thursday by The Associated Press outline the state Environment Department's findings from a recent inspection of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, according to The Toronto Star. Regulators found two minor permit violations but said those were addressed immediately. New Mexico Environment Department By Susan Montoya Bryan Associated Press Thu., Dec. 22, 2016 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New Mexico regulators have approved restarting normal operations at the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, a major step for U.S. officials aiming to reopen the facility nearly three years after a radiation leak shut it down indefinitely. The site run by the U.S. Energy Department has been closed since a radiation release in February 2014 contaminated much of the underground disposal area. The shutdown halted the shipment of tons of Cold War-era waste from sites across the country, compromising the government's multibillion-dollar cleanup campaign and resulting in an overhaul of policies and procedures across the nuclear complex. The leak stemmed from a chemical reaction inside a container of waste. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.