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Rock fall causes evacuation of nuclear waste repository
CARLSBAD — A suspected rock fall was reported underground at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant on Thursday.
This time, however, the rock fall occurred in an area near Panel 7 - where employees are currently working to ready the panel for waste emplacement.
No one was injured and there was no radiological release.
According to a news release from WIPP, employees working near Panel 7 heard a loud noise and saw a cloud of salt dust, indicating a possible rock fall at around 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
Workers in the underground were evacuated.
Read more: http://www.currentargus.com/story/news/special-reports/wipp/2016/11/04/ground-fall-wipp-near-employees/93287770/