Time Line
The first shipment arrived to WIPP on this date.
When was 1999?
WIPP is the nations only deep geologic repository for this hazardous type of defense-generated material.
What is Transuranic Waste? (TRU)
This date marks the official start of the new fiscal year.
What is October 1st?
The official state question, usually asked when ordering Mexican 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?
This year was when the SWB was completed.
When was 1997?
WIPP stores waste this many feet below ground.
What is 2,150 ft?
This many people work in the CFO office (including interns).
What is 41?
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?
Kim was hired this year for the WIPP project.
When was 1991?
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 CFO is.
Who is Pam Hester?
The world’s first atomic bomb was detonated in 1945, at this historic site.
What is the trinity site?
It sounds like a myth, but this animal is the official national animal of Scotland.
What is the Unicorn?
President Clinton signed the legislation amending the WIPP land withdrawal act eliminating the “test phase” language in this year.
When was 1996?
The number of miles it takes to get to the WIPP site from the SWB.
What is 32 miles?
The current Business Unit code used in IFMS.
What is DOE23?
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.
When was 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?
WIPPS current OPI code.
What is OHS0?
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?