Time Line
The first shipment arrived to WIPP on this date.
What is 1999?
WIPP is the nations only deep geologic repository for this hazardous type of defense-generated material.
What is Radioactive Waste?
This date marks the official start of the new fiscal year.
What is October 1st?
The official state question, usually asked when ordering food at a local restaurant is…
What is red or green chile?
This fruit has its seeds on the outside instead of the inside.
What is a strawberry?
WIPP stores waste this many feet below ground.
What is 2,150 ft?
Every October, Albuquerque hosts the worlds largest gathering of these colorful, flying aircraft.
What are hot air balloons? (International balloon fiesta)
What common office staple was originally marketed under the brand name “Gem Clip” in the late 1800s.
What is a paperclip?
President Clinton signed the legislation amending the WIPP land withdrawal act eliminating the “test phase” language in this year.
What is 1996?
If you were setting your GPS to navigate directly out to the physical WIPP site, you put in this street address.
What is 34 Luis Whitlock Road?
The world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945, at this historic site.
Where is the trinity site?
It sounds like a myth, but this animal is the official national animal of Scotland.
What is the Unicorn?
This date is when 700-C Ventilation Test began.
What is 2021?
The number of miles it takes to get to the WIPP site.
Founded in 1610, this city holds the record for being the oldest state capital in the United States.
What is Santa Fe?
The only letter in the English alphabet that does NOT appear in any of the 50 US state names.
What is the letter Q?
The same year WIPP completed Panel 7 and began emplaning its first shielded containers, the facility logged its 700th RH-TRU waste shipment this year.
What is 2013?
While excavating the salt caverns, scientists found tiny pockets of water trapped in the salt crystals called “fluid inclusions” - containing the oldest known living organism on Earth, which was successfully revived after being dormant for this long?
What is 250 million years?
Before stairways and elevators were built in the 1920s, early visitors and tourists visiting Carlsbad Caverns were lowered 170 feet into the pitch black cave using this mining piece of equipment.
What is a Guano Bucket? (Iron bucket, fertilizer bucket, or mining bucket)
Weighing around 3-4 lbs and making up roughly 60% fat, this organ is the fattiest organ in the human body.
What is the Brain?